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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the reader that he and the reader know that the Baudelaire children do not know?
(a) The snakes will eat one of them
(b) Dr. Montgomery will soon be dead
(c) Count Olaf is on his way
(d) They will never make it back from Peru

2. What does Dr. Montgomery explain has happened that has put him behind in his preparations?
(a) His snakes got loose
(b) His assistant resigned
(c) His assistant got arrested
(d) He had to make preparations for the children

3. What reason does Mr. Poe give for not being able to take the children's luggage with them?
(a) Car too small
(b) Wanted to make sure before having the children's luggage brought
(c) No time to pack
(d) No luggage to take

4. What does Dr. Montgomery say the Barbary Chewer will begin to do if it doesn't have something in its mouth at all times?
(a) Drown in its own spit
(b) Digest itself
(c) Eat its own mouth
(d) Eat its own tail

5. Where does Stephano tell the children that Uncle Monty is?
(a) His bedroom
(b) The Reptile Room
(c) In the Jeep
(d) The Library

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Monty do with Stephano's ticket to Peru?

2. Where does Sunny sit in the Jeep on the way to the movies?

3. What have the shrubs been cut to look like?

4. What does Uncle Monty say that Stephano will name the snake if he is able to steal it?

5. What does Stephano do while they are at the movies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the children find when the open the door of the Reptile Room?

3. Describe the arrival of Stephano in chapter three and the children's realization.

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

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

6. What are Violet and Klaus doing while they are riding in the car to their new home?

7. What do the children discuss in Violet's room in chapter six after they are done at the movies?

8. Explain Mr. Poe and the children's conversation when they tell Mr. Poe goodbye and walk him to the car in chapter two.

9. In chapter one how is the life of the Baudelaire children summarized up to the point where they are driving to their new home with the unknown relative?

10. 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?

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