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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. Where had Dr. Montgomery been bitten?

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

3. What does Dr. Montgomery suggest he could get for Sunny?

4. What kind of toothbrush does Uncle Monty tell the children he bought?

5. Why does Uncle Monty get to name the Incredibly Deadly Viper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Lousy Lane that the children drive down to their new home in chapter one?

7. What is 'Stephano's' response to Violet and Klaus calling him Count Olaf?

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. Describe the animals and things in the Reptile Room.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the very end of the story the children compliment each other on the things that they were able to accomplish that eventually unmasked Count Olaf.

1) Was it necessary for the children to tell each other how well each of them did at this point?

2) Would it have been the same if they had said it before they went to sleep?

3) What purpose does an honest compliment serve to a person in a general sense? How does that compare to the compliment the children gave each other?

Essay Topic 2

What role do the adults take on in the story? In what ways is it a typical role? In what way is it atypical?

In what ways are the Baudelaire children's role typical? Not typical?

Essay Topic 3

Count Olaf seems to have thought of everything and is even able to pass one of his accomplices off as the doctor.

In what way was it obvious that this was one of his accomplices?

In what way was Count Olaf's planning thorough? In what way did he seem to have not thought things through?

Is it possible that Count Olaf lucked into much of the information and situation that he found himself in?

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