View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children see handing from the ceiling when they first see inside the house of Dr. Montgomery?
(a) Stained-glass light fixture
(b) A vast library
(c) A painting of an eye
(d) A statue of a snake

2. What does Uncle Monty have in his hands when he runs into the children after they have had their breakfast?
(a) A snake
(b) A book on Peru
(c) Folded up papers
(d) The morning news paper

3. What does Dr. Montgomery tell the children to do before he shows them the reptile room?
(a) Show Mr. Poe to his car
(b) Wash the dishes
(c) Change their clothes
(d) Take their things to the room

4. What happens while the children sit in Violet's room?
(a) Mr. Poe arrives
(b) The phone rings
(c) Someone knocks on the door
(d) Someone knocks on the window

5. What does Uncle Monty tell the children they can do that will make handling the snakes safe?
(a) Hire someone crazy to handle them
(b) Practice holding them
(c) Study them
(d) Stay clear of them

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fruit do the trees near Lousy Lane produce?

2. Where does Dr. Montgomery receive a great deal of his money?

3. Where does Stephano tell the children that Uncle Monty is?

4. Where had Dr. Montgomery been bitten?

5. What do the Baudelaire children find in the Reptile Room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Poe tell the children in chapter one as they are walking up to the door?

2. In chapter six what does the narrator tell the reader that they can do with the book instead of finishing it?

3. Describe the animals and things in the Reptile Room.

4. What does the narrator explain that Klaus will regret later on in his life?

5. What does the narrator explain in chapter four will be another regret that the Baudelaire children will have when Uncle Monty gets home from picking up supplies?

6. How is the night described in the beginning of chapter five?

7. Describe the different deadly snakes that Dr. Montgomery explains to the children he has and what they can do as described in chapter three.

8. What are the children doing in chapter five when they go up to their bed rooms after dinner?

9. In chapter four what characters do the children think about in regards to Olaf's acting troupe that travel with him?

10. What does Count Olaf tell the children that convinces them to start calling him Stephano?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,042 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample