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15 Questions: The Wide Window Multiple Choice Quiz | For Children

Left without a guardian Mr Poe finds a new one for the Baudelaires who has a house that is held up by long stilts. What kind of guardian would live in a house like that?

A multiple-choice quiz by funkyduncan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
funkyduncan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
177,056

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
1639

Last 3 plays: Guest 38 (13/15), Guest 76 (13/15), Guest 174 (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of the dock in the chapter 1? Hint

Dignity Dock

Damocles Dock

Death Dock

Damp Dock

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Question 2 of 15

2. True or False? Aunt Josephine is afraid of nothing.

True

False

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Question 3 of 15

3. What excuse does Count Olaf use to convince Aunt Josephine that he was "Captain Sham"? Hint

sob story

business card

All of these

peg leg

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Question 4 of 15

4. What does Aunt Josephine do that she is not used to doing in chapter 4? Hint

Makes a phone call

Answers the phone

Turns on the stove

Uses the doorknob

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Question 5 of 15

5. What other situation does Lemony Snicket compare the Baudelaires situation to? Hint

none of these

A bee in a beehive

A fly stuck in a Venus fly trap

a fly pollinating a flower

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Question 6 of 15

6. How does Mr Poe prove that Aunt Josephine wrote the suicide note? Hint

He called the police

Her fingerprint

Her handwriting

Her DNA

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Question 7 of 15

7. What do the Baudelaires eat in "The Anxious Clown" restaurant"? Hint

Happy Hamburgers

Perky Pizzas

Sad Sandwiches

Cheer-up Cheeseburgers

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Question 8 of 15

8. Does Klaus get both hives and a swelled tongue?

Yes

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is the motto of The United States postal services? Hint

Neither rain nor sleet nor driving snow shall halt the delivery of the mails

No army will stop the delivery of the mails

No-one can halt the delivery of the mails

Nothing will stop your mailman

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Question 10 of 15

10. What type of boat do the Baudelaires steal? Hint

A yacht

They took the fickle ferry

A motorboat

A sailboat

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Question 11 of 15

11. What prospect made Aunt Josephine agree to coming out of the cave? Hint

Mr Poe would be coming in

The tide would be coming in

Captain Sham would be coming in

Realtors would be coming in

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who ate Aunt Josephine and why? Hint

Captain Sham because she hadn't done what she was told

The Lachrymose Leeches because they smelled banana on her

The Baudelaires because she had been a terrible guardian

Mr Poe for messing things up with his business even more

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who, according to Lemony Snicket, did Sunny resemble in the last chapter? Hint

Hammurabi

Xerxes

Alexander the Great

Darius

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the clue about the next book in the last picture? Hint

There are no clues

A pair of glasses as a hanging sign

A wad of chewing gum

Mr Poe

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Question 15 of 15

15. What type of car does the note ask you to break into? Hint

An Opel Zafira

A Mercedes-Benz

A black Jeep

A Ford Mondeo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the dock in the chapter 1?

Answer: Damocles Dock

At the beginning of the book are sitting on their suitcases at Damocles Dock and Mr Poe has just given them a bag of peppermints, to which they are allergic.

2. True or False? Aunt Josephine is afraid of nothing.

Answer: False

Aunt Josephine is afraid of everything- Radiators, Welcome mats, The Stove, Lake Lachrymose, Doorknobs, and scariest of all... Realtors.

3. What excuse does Count Olaf use to convince Aunt Josephine that he was "Captain Sham"?

Answer: All of these

All three are right because he uses the business card to prove who he is, the peg leg to say that he doesn't have a left ankle and therefore can't have a tattoo of an eye upon his left ankle. He used the sob story about the Puttanesca sauce and the leeches to say how he lost his lower left leg.

4. What does Aunt Josephine do that she is not used to doing in chapter 4?

Answer: Answers the phone

Aunt Josephine answers the phone after Violet answers it and proves to her that it is safe however Aunt Josephine is not ready to MAKE phone calls.

5. What other situation does Lemony Snicket compare the Baudelaires situation to?

Answer: A fly stuck in a Venus fly trap

Lemony Snicket compared their situation to a fly in a Venus fly trap because their doom seems to be closing in on them.

6. How does Mr Poe prove that Aunt Josephine wrote the suicide note?

Answer: Her handwriting

Mr Poe uses his graphology skills to prove that Aunt Josephine did write the suicide note. This was very bad news for the Baudelaires.

7. What do the Baudelaires eat in "The Anxious Clown" restaurant"?

Answer: Cheer-up Cheeseburgers

Cheer-up Cheeseburgers were recommended to them by one of the waiters in "The Anxious Clown" restaurant- a very garish restaurant.

8. Does Klaus get both hives and a swelled tongue?

Answer: No

Violet gets hives, Klaus gets a swelled tongue and Sunny gets both.

9. What is the motto of The United States postal services?

Answer: Neither rain nor sleet nor driving snow shall halt the delivery of the mails

Neither rain nor sleet nor driving snow shall halt the delivery of the mails means that when its bad weather your mailman has to post your mail anyway the Baudelaires found that the fickle ferry had no such policy.

10. What type of boat do the Baudelaires steal?

Answer: A sailboat

The Baudelaires steal a sailboat from Captain Sham's Sailboat rentals- every boat has its own sail.

11. What prospect made Aunt Josephine agree to coming out of the cave?

Answer: Realtors would be coming in

The fact that realtors would be coming in was described as Klaus's trump card which he intended to say last.

12. Who ate Aunt Josephine and why?

Answer: The Lachrymose Leeches because they smelled banana on her

The correct answer isn't entirely correct. She was fed to the Lachrymose Leeches by Captain Sham. They then ate her because they smelt banana on her.

13. Who, according to Lemony Snicket, did Sunny resemble in the last chapter?

Answer: Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot which was what Sunny did.

14. What is the clue about the next book in the last picture?

Answer: A pair of glasses as a hanging sign

The sign is the sign from Georgina Orwell's opticians.

15. What type of car does the note ask you to break into?

Answer: A black Jeep

The black Jeep will be parked at the Orion observatory.
Inside the black Jeep there will be a box with a surgical mask and sixty-eight sticks of gum inside. These objects are all written about in "The Miserable Mill" which is what my next quiz is about.

Source: Author funkyduncan

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