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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What snake does the doctor say bit Dr. Montgomery?
(a) Incredibly Deadly Viper
(b) Mamba du Mal
(c) The Eye Biter
(d) Cobra

4. What does Stephano pull out when Klaus says he will call the police?
(a) Wire Cutters
(b) His knife
(c) The police number
(d) A walkie talkie

5. Violet says they have to go in the Reptile Room for what reason?
(a) They need to find a murder weapon
(b) They need to look for the snake
(c) To take a moment of silence for Uncle Monty
(d) They have work to do

6. What word is used to describe Violet's homemade invention?
(a) Poorly made
(b) Makeshift
(c) Ugly
(d) Crude

7. What does Stephano call Mr. Poe when he pretends to first meet Mr. Poe?
(a) Mr. Woe
(b) Mr. Foe
(c) Mr. Pae
(d) Mr. Flibbidijibit

8. What makes Klaus suddenly very angry with the doctor?
(a) He is stealking Dr. Montgomery's silverware
(b) He peed on the carpet
(c) He broke Dr. Montgomery's chair
(d) He is eating Dr. Montgomery's food

9. What does the author tell the reader that it is good and necessary to do sometimes?
(a) Cheat
(b) Lie
(c) Steal
(d) Trick people

10. What does Mr. Poe look as if he is feeling when he learns he has been lied to by Stephano?
(a) Furious
(b) Lost
(c) Curious
(d) Sad

11. What does Mr. Poe do to try and call away the Incredibly Deadly Viper from Sunny?
(a) Did a dance
(b) Played a flute
(c) Here snakey snakey
(d) Fetch

12. How does Stephano describe Dr. Montgomery's death?
(a) A terrible accident
(b) The inevitable
(c) Odd
(d) A tragic loss

13. The narrator say that Violet is staring at the contents of the suitcase as if they were ___________________.
(a) The end of the nightmare
(b) They key to their freedom
(c) Her whole world
(d) Parts to a machine

14. What does Stephano say that they don't have when Klaus accuses him of being Dr. Montgomery's killer?
(a) Reason
(b) Motive
(c) Body
(d) Evidence

15. What does Stephano accidentally call Dr. Montgomery's death?
(a) Funny
(b) Murder
(c) Good luck
(d) Unique

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stephano have which belonged to Dr. Montgomery, that Stephano planned to use to pass as Dr. Montgomery?

2. What does Violet realize Stephano has done to the curtains?

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

4. What do the children hope for when Stephano climbs in the Jeep?

5. What does the look on Sunny's face show she is feeling after exposing Stephano's lies?

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