The Bad Beginning Ch.1

In the introduction, who are the main characters?

• Violet, Klaus, and Sunny

• Vinny, Dom, and Count Olaf

• Mr. Poe and the animals

• Justice Strauss and the Baudelaires

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On page 1 (p. 1), "they were extremely unlucky, and most everything that happened to them was rife with misfortune, misery, and despair."

What do you think the word rife means?

• full of

• not usual

• unfair

• unfinished

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At the beginning of page 2, the children ride a "rickety" trolley to the gray and cloudy beach. This is the opening setting.

How does this scene foreshadow the news they are about to get?

• The beach is happy and fun like the news.

• The trolley is making crazy turns.

• The trolley and beach are filled with people.

• The trolley and beach are gloomy like the news.

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How would you describe Violet Baudelaire using page 2 and 3?

• right-handed

• creative

• mean

• kind

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How would you describe Klaus Baudelaire using page 3? (p. 2)

• intelligent

• inventive

• funny

• sad

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What is Sunny Baudelaire's superpower?

• intelligence

• biting

• dance moves

• jokes

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On page 7, (p.3) Snicket tells us about how the Baudelaire parents would allow their children to join in on adult conversations as long as they helped clear the reader.

What conclusion can you draw about the Baudelaire parents? (In other words, how would you describe them based on this knowledge?)

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At the bottom of page 8 and beginning of page 9, Mr. Poe breaks the news of misfortune to the Baudelaire children.

Mr. Poe repeats perished three times. Why does he do this?

• He thinks the children do not understand him.

• He cares about the children.

• He is trying to make sure they are okay.

• He wants to get his point across.

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On page 10 (p.2), "Although he said he was the executor, Violet felt like Mr. Poe was the executioner."

What is author trying to say?

• Mr. Poe thought he was just helping the children, but really, this felt like the worst moment of their lives.

• Mr. Poe was in charge of helping, but he didn't know it.

• Mr. Poe was the first to tell the children the news, but he always forgot where to go next.

• The children did not know the difference between the two words.

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So far, what can you compare and contrast about the children and the adults in this novel?

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