A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning Chapter 3

What is the first meal Count Olaf forces the Baudelaire children to prepare?

• Roast chicken

• Puttanesca sauce with pasta

• Beef stew

• A large salad

Why do the Baudelaire children hesitate when Count Olaf asks for dinner?

• They don’t know how to cook.

• They are too frightened to respond.

• They are confused by his vague instructions.

• They don’t have the ingredients he requests.

Where does Klaus find a cookbook for the meal?

• On a dusty shelf in Olaf’s house

• In Justice Strauss’s library

• In their parents’ belongings

• In Sunny’s crib

Count Olaf treats the Baudelaire children kindly when they bring him dinner.

• True

• False

Justice Strauss invites the children to use her library whenever they wish.

• True

• False

Count Olaf threatens to take away the children’s inheritance if they disobey him.

• True

• False

Describe the atmosphere in Count Olaf’s house as the children prepare dinner.

Why does Violet feel slightly comforted when they visit Justice Strauss’s house?

What does Sunny do to help while Violet and Klaus prepare dinner?

How does Count Olaf react to the dinner the children prepare?