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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Violet realize is watching her as she tries to break into the suitcase?
(a) Stephano
(b) Mr. Poe
(c) The doctor
(d) Klaus

2. What reason does Stephano give for not explaining his vast knowledge of snakes beforehand?
(a) Was afraid of the implications
(b) Shaken by the death of Dr. Montgomery
(c) He is modest
(d) He didn't know which snake it was

3. What does Stephano claim to be to Mr. Poe?
(a) A table dancer
(b) A snake charmer
(c) An expert on snakes
(d) An excelent judge of character

4. What do the children hope for when Stephano climbs in the Jeep?
(a) That it won't start
(b) That the police will come
(c) That Mr. Poe will arrive
(d) That it will blow up

5. What does Violet tell the other two that they need to find in the Reptile Room?
(a) Stephano's plans
(b) Evidence
(c) A book about snakes
(d) A book about tattoos

6. Where does Violet put the contents of Stephan's suitcase when she enters the Reptile Room?
(a) In a box
(b) Where Dr. Montgomery's body had been found
(c) In an evidence bag
(d) On a table

7. What is wrapped around Sunny's body?
(a) An electric cord
(b) A curtain
(c) A snake
(d) A rope

8. What does Mr. Poe say about picking a lock?
(a) It is very interesting
(b) Mr. Poe needs to learn how
(c) It is illegal
(d) Good girls shouldn't know how

9. What can Violet see Stephano explaining but doesn't know what he is saying?
(a) Stephano explaining how he found Dr. Montgomery
(b) Stephano telling Mr. Poe that Sunny isn't hurt
(c) Stephano telling everyone how wonderful he is
(d) Stephano explaining he is a snake expert

10. Why does the doctor explain that there isn't a snake loose in the house?
(a) It locked itself back up
(b) Dr. Montgomery had stuck his face in the cage
(c) Dr. Mongomery fell on the snake crushing it
(d) The snake got out through a window

11. What is the first story that the narrator makes mention of to relate a moral of not lying?
(a) The Boy That Cried Wolf
(b) The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
(c) The Honest Woodcutter
(d) Pinocchio

12. What does Sunny do, after Violet has left the room, while sitting in front of the Incredibly Deadly Viper's open cage?
(a) Screams
(b) Bites the snake
(c) Giggles
(d) Calls the snake

13. What other children's story does the author make mention of in the story to talk about things that are fake?
(a) The Tortoise and the Hare
(b) Little Red Riding Hood
(c) The Lion and the Mouse
(d) The Fox and the Crow

14. What does the doctor suggest is the reason that Dr. Montgomery wasn't bruised?
(a) Dr. Montgomery put his face in the cage
(b) The snake had been injured and was too sore
(c) The snake didn't feel like bruising him
(d) The snake was trying to frame the frogs

15. What does Stephano offer the doctor and Mr. Poe when they enter the house?
(a) Cookies
(b) Coffee
(c) Cake and tea
(d) Sandwiches

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Violet say she is going while Klaus looks for info about the Mamba du Mal?

2. Who does Mr. Poe say can't drive a car to town?

3. Whose face couldn't be read?

4. What does the doctor say that Dr. Montgomery appears to have died from?

5. What does Stephano say that the doctor will do for Mr. Poe after he is done with the examination?

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