Q 01/05

What are the workers in The Miserable Mill paid with instead of money, an arrangement Phil later reads may be illegal?

A) Coupons

B) Buttons

C) Bus tokens

D) Matchsticks

Answer · why

A) Coupons

Coupons are the only wages Sir hands out, and the workers have no money to redeem them with. Phil later reads the town constitution and reports that p...

Q 02/05

What hides the face of Sir, the lumbermill owner in The Miserable Mill, so completely that it is never seen?

A) A surgical mask

B) Cigar smoke

C) A beekeeper's veil

D) A wide-brimmed hat

Answer · why

B) Cigar smoke

Cigar smoke hangs around Sir's head in a thick cloud, because his cigar never goes out. The narrator admits that neither he nor the Baudelaires will e...

Q 03/05

What is the only lunch given to workers at the lumbermill in The Miserable Mill, during a break of five minutes?

A) Dry toast

B) Cold porridge

C) Chewing gum

D) Boiled cabbage

Answer · why

C) Chewing gum

Chewing gum is the entire midday meal at Sir's mill, and the break to enjoy it lasts five minutes. Phil explains to the Baudelaires that nothing else ...

Q 04/05

Which alias does Count Olaf adopt in The Miserable Mill while posing as an employee of Dr. Orwell?

A) Stephano

B) Gunther

C) Genghis

D) Shirley

Answer · why

D) Shirley

Shirley is how Count Olaf introduces himself, dressed as a woman, and the Baudelaire sisters recognize him at once. The adults around them, as usual, ...

Q 05/05

Which word, first shouted by the foreman after an accident, frees Klaus from hypnosis in The Miserable Mill?

A) Catastrophe

B) Inordinate

C) Nefarious

D) Cacophony

Answer · why

B) Inordinate

Inordinate snaps Klaus awake when the foreman complains about the inordinate cost of a wrecked machine. Violet remembers the word just in time to stop...