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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephano claim to be to Mr. Poe?

2. What does the doctor suggest is the reason that Dr. Montgomery wasn't bruised?

3. Whose face couldn't be read?

4. What does Stephano pull out when Klaus says he will call the police?

5. What happens to Violet's invention when she tries to open the suitcase the last time?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter ten what does the author tell about the boy that cried wolf?

2. Describe the lockpick that Violet had made.

3. In the beginning of chapter nine what does the narrator explain is different when the children walk into the Reptile Room?

4. What does Violet suddenly realize in chapter eleven while she is trying to open the suitcase belonging to Stephano?

5. What does Violet say that they are going in the Reptile Room for as she describes it in chapter nine?

6. What does Violet explain that Stephano intended to do after killing Dr. Montgomery?

7. What is the reaction gotten when Sunny is found with the Incredibly Deadly Viper wrapped around her body?

8. Describe how Stephano killed Dr. Montgomery as Violet explains it in chapter twelve?

9. What are the children trying to convince Mr. Poe of while they are sitting with Stephano waiting on the doctor to finish his examination?

10. At the end of chapter ten how does Klaus explain the meaning of Sunny's exclamation 'Aha'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Count Olaf's character. How does it compare to his fictional character, Stephano? Is there any difference between the two other than an eyebrow, the beard and the tattoo on the ankle?

Essay Topic 2

The snake was thought of as a friend to the children and the children and the snake cried as they were separated.

1) How would the scene have been viewed differently if the creature had been something more accepted as a pet such as a puppy or a cat?

2) Why did the author chose a snake to be the only thing left to share the Baudelaire's tears?

3) What was the author's purpose in having the snake cry?

Essay Topic 3

Although the Baudelaire children and Olaf are the main focus of the story there are other characters involved.

Look at Mr. Poe and Uncle Monty. Describe Mr. Poe's personality. Describe Uncle Monty's personality.

Which one of these characters is a more accurate description of Count Olaf's opposite? Explain.

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