Ordering a Series of Unfortunate Events Quiz

In the first book in this sad, sad series of events, the Baudelaire children receive some truly unfortunate news that leaves them adrift in the world. The trio-- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny-- are left in the care of a distant relative, a theatrical performer by the name of Count Olaf, who lives in the city with his troupe. What the siblings discover, however, is that their new guardian is much less interested in their well-being than in their inheritance. Olaf plans a wedding to marry Violet and claim the money, but they foil his plans, escaping his grasp... for now.

After the Baudelaires escape Count Olaf's wedding ploy they're brought out to their Uncle Monty Montgomery's house, and though he seems like the ideal guardian (and his herpetological efforts interest all the children), things go awfully when Olaf reappears. Monty is killed and the Baudelaires are forced, once again, to keep Olaf at bay, solve the mystery (originally pinned on the misnamed Incredibly Deadly Viper), and reveal the culprit. Of course, they have to head elsewhere once it's all figured out.

The Baudelaires are driven off, once again, to a new guardian, and this time it's their Aunt Josephine, a woman who seems to be afraid of all danger, having taken a mental turn for the worse after her husband's passing. Living in a mansion on the dangerous Lake Lachrymose, she falls for the same ol' ploy as Count Olaf comes looking, this time disguised as a local sailor.

He tosses Aunt Josephine to the leeches of the lake, but Mr. Poe arrives in time to scare off Olaf and send the orphans on to the next destination.

Of all places, the Baudelaires are sent to the Lucky Smells Lumbermill in their fourth in a series of unfortunate events, and this time they're put to work. While the trio operate under a man known only as Sir, it's not long before Count Olaf hunts them down, this time using hypnosis to control Klaus when he visits the optometrist for his eye exams.

This tale also ends in tragedy when Georgina Orwell, who's been helping Olaf, is killed in the mill. And yes, of course that means the children are off again to another, perhaps safer guardian.

Prufrock Preparatory School is the next location on the list for the Baudelaires as, instead of going to a sole guardian, they're placed in the care of an odd boarding school specializing in truly unnecessary subjects. Worse than that, the trio are left to live in an awful shack on the grounds while ruder students (like Carmelita Spats) get to stay inside.

The Baudelaires are fortunate to meet Isadora and Duncan Quagmire, but they're also met by another Olaf disguise, and they have to put their heads together to stop him again.

The problem is, this time, he escapes with the Quagmire kids!

Another new home awaits the Baudelaires in this sixth book, and while this instance seems like a good fit as they're whisked off to 667 Dark Avenue to live with Jerome and Esmé Squalor in the lap of luxury, it turns out that Olaf isn't far behind, wooing Esmé and stowing the Quagmire twins away at the bottom of an unused elevator shaft. Once Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are on the case in the lead-up to an auction, Count Olaf and Esmé stow the Quagmires away in a statue of a giant red herring and move on to their next ploy.

The Baudelaires need a new place to stay once again.

The Baudelaires almost choose their next destination: the Village of Fowl Devotees. Following the lead that is V.F.D., they wind up in a town of eccentrics far from the city and stumble upon Count Olaf's trail (and the Quagmires) but it doesn't get much easier for them there.

After the orphans break the town's rules they're sent to jail only to briefly meet a man named Jacques. He ends up being Olaf's next victim and the children are framed for his murder. And so begins the children's perceived life of crime.

They fail to save the Quagmires and are forced to leave the Village of Fowl Devotees on foot.

Wandering off from the Village of Fowl Devotees, the Baudelaires' journey takes them to a nearby hospital overseen by the Volunteers Fighting Diseases, and there they decide to pore through the Heimlich Hospital Library of Records for any information they can find to help their case. Of course, Esmé and Olaf arrive in short order, on the hunt for what the children later overhear to be 'The Snicket File'.

They capture Violet and plan to perform surgery on her, but Klaus and Sunny are able to prevent this, accidentally setting fire to the hospital.

The children only manage to escape in the trunk of Olaf's vehicle though, now, they're actual criminals.

Count Olaf drives out to Caligari Carnival and, little does he know, the Baudelaires are in his trunk. The children end up hiding amongst the sideshow there as freaks, joining the troupe while Olaf's own troupe sets up camp looking for answers from clairvoyant Madame Lulu. Unfortunately for all of them, Lulu is a fake.

The only person that could help the Baudelaires is fed to the lions, and when the children try to keep up their disguises, Olaf reveals he knew who they were the whole time. Olaf heads onward, leaving the Baudelaires to face their fate in a literal cliffhanger in the Mortmain Mountains.

Though the Baudelaires escape their literal cliffhanger, Sunny is taken to the top of Mount Fraught with Count Olaf. Violet and Klaus come across the Snow Scouts, camping in one of the mountain's many caves, and eventually, with the help of the missing Quagmire triplet, Quigley, find the burned-down remains of the V.F.D. headquarters. Eventually, everyone reunites (for better or worse) at the summit though the Baudelaires now know they have to attend a meeting at the "last safe place".

They toboggan down the mountain to escape Olaf, but they're separated from Quigley during their descent.

Though the Baudelaires reached the sea, their journey onward didn't end there as they were picked up in a submarine by the name of 'Queequeg', operated by Captain Widdershins, a fortunate member of V.F.D. Their time underwater is short, and their adventure this time takes them to a cave of dangerous Medusoid Mycelium spores.

The children manage to escape Count Olaf's clutches once more, this time on his boat, the Carmelita, before being directed to Briny Beach, where they started their series of unfortunate events. Though Mr. Poe is fortunately there to see their arrival, they instead take a chance in a mystery taxi driven by one Kit Snicket.

In the second-to-last story in this series, the Baudelaires are whisked away to the Hotel Denouement seeking answers and hoping for the off-chance that one of their parents may have survived the fire that destroyed their home. What they find instead is that the hotel may (or may not) be the "last safe place" and that V.F.D. and their enemies have convened there looking for answers as well.

The Baudelaires and Count Olaf are held before a blindfolded courtroom when a hotelier is killed with a harpoon gun (keep in mind that justice is blind!), and the orphans have to side with their greatest enemy to escape, leaving the "last safe place" behind in a boat and heading off to the sea for the great unknown.

As the Baudelaires' story comes to a close they must make the best of an unfortunate situation when they and Count Olaf are shipwrecked on an archipelago in the middle of the sea. Searching amongst the detritus washed up on the islands there, they are met and welcomed by local islanders and, more surprisingly, reunited with a very pregnant Kit Snicket (and the Incredibly Deadly Viper).

Everything takes a more unfortunate turn when Olaf is shot with a harpoon gun, the Medusoid Mycellium is let loose on the island, the islanders leave (and leave the Baudelaires behind), and Kit gives birth. She and Olaf both die in the chaos, leaving the Baudelaires alone on the island (though with a cure for the toxin).

As the story ends, the Baudelaires spend their year on the island raising Kit's daughter, Beatrice, before setting sail themselves.