Q 01/05

In The Hostile Hospital, what is strange about the hospital where the Baudelaires take shelter?

A) Only half of it is built

B) It has no front door

C) It stands on wooden stilts

D) It is entirely underground

Answer · why

A) Only half of it is built

Only half of it is built: one side is a working hospital and the other a bare wooden frame, where the children secretly sleep in the cold.

Q 02/05

Heimlich Hospital in The Hostile Hospital echoes Henry Heimlich, the doctor famous for a way to stop what?

A) Bleeding

B) Hiccups

C) Choking

D) Fainting

Answer · why

C) Choking

Choking is what the Heimlich maneuver treats, using sharp abdominal thrusts. The name works twice over: heimlich is also a German word for secret.

Q 03/05

In The Hostile Hospital, the operation Count Olaf's troupe schedules for Violet would really mean doing what?

A) Removing her tonsils

B) Cutting off her head

C) Shaving off her hair

D) Amputating her hands

Answer · why

B) Cutting off her head

Cutting off her head is the plan, hidden behind the made-up word cranioectomy. The real craniotomy and craniectomy only remove part of the skull.

Q 04/05

In The Hostile Hospital, what do the Volunteers Fighting Disease hand out to Heimlich Hospital patients as they sing?

A) Get-well greeting cards

B) Paper flowers

C) Heart-shaped balloons

D) Hand-knitted socks

Answer · why

C) Heart-shaped balloons

Heart-shaped balloons are all the volunteers offer: they believe a cheerful attitude beats medicine, so patients asking for painkillers or water go wi...

Q 05/05

In The Hostile Hospital, which food from a supply closet helps Klaus work out where Violet is being hidden?

A) Fortune cookies

B) Alphabet soup

C) Animal crackers

D) Jelly beans

Answer · why

B) Alphabet soup

Alphabet soup baffles Sunny at first: she cannot see why her brother wants to eat at such a desperate moment. He needs the noodle letters, not a meal.