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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 the narrator compare the knife to as a warning?

2. What does Uncle Monty do when Sunny and the Incredibly Deadly Viper bite each other?

3. What does Mr. Poe tell the children is odd about Dr. Montgomery's name?

4. What does Dr. Montgomery say that he hopes happens to Count Olaf someday?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tasks does Dr. Montgomery say must be done before they leave for Peru?

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

4. What does Uncle Monty tell the children he wants to discuss with them outside in chapter four?

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

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

7. What does Count Olaf say in chapter four that makes Violet pick up his suit case and carry it in the house?

8. In chapter five what do the children think about when they try to think about what life was like for them four years earlier?

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

10. What does Dr. Montgomery call the children and what is the explanation he gives for being so excited?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator tells the reader before hand that Uncle Monty dies.

1) Is this true foreshadowing or has the narrator given away a key piece in the story? Explain.

2) What other way could the reader have realized that Uncle Monty was destined to die if the narrator hadn't exposed it?

Essay Topic 2

The children see straight through Count Olaf's disguise when he arrives.

1) Why can't the adults in the story see through the disguise?

2) Why were the children unable to identify the hook handed man before Sunny bit him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss idiosyncrasies.

1) What is significant about Violet's need to pull her hair back in order to think properly?

2) Does this trait add or detract from her character?

3) How does her idiosyncrasy compare to those found in real life?

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