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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 Klaus suggest they do in order to get away from Count Olaf?
(a) Call a cab
(b) Kill Count Olaf
(c) Run away
(d) Steal a car

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

3. What have the shrubs been cut to look like?
(a) Snakes
(b) Women dancing
(c) Animals
(d) Clouds

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

5. What question does Mr. Poe ask of Dr. Montgomery while they are eating?
(a) If he has any experience with children
(b) If the snakes are dangerous
(c) How he will care for the children
(d) Who will watch the children while he is away

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Montgomery say is the reason he never found a wife and started a family?

2. What does Dr. Montgomery say the Barbary Chewer will begin to do if it doesn't have something in its mouth at all times?

3. What do the children see handing from the ceiling when they first see inside the house of Dr. Montgomery?

4. What does Uncle Monty want to show Violet he has bought before she tells him her important information?

5. Where is Sunny's room located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene in chapter two when Mr. Poe asks Dr. Montgomery who will be looking after the children?

3. What stories does Uncle Monty share with the children and they share with him?

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

5. What are the children thinking when Mr. Poe rings the bell at Dr. Montgomery's house?

6. Describe the first sight of Dr. Montgomery's house that the children get in chapter one?

7. Describe the situation when Dr. Montgomery tells the children to go find a room in his house?

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

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

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

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