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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 do the Baudelaire children find in the Reptile Room?

2. Who does Mr. Poe tell the children they are going to go live with?

3. What excuse does the narrator give for leaving the reader waiting for an answer about Sunny being bitten?

4. Who is driving the car taking the children to their new home?

5. What does Uncle Monty teach the children not to give too much of to the Green Gimlet Toad

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the scene which Dr. Montgomery wishes to happen when he unveils the Incredibly Deadly Viper as he describes in it chapter three?

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

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

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

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

Count Olaf is the bad guy in the story.

1) In what ways is he a 'Criminal Mastermind' if any.

2) Is he smarter than the children?

3) Look at Count Olaf's personality. What are his strengths? What are his weaknesses?

Essay Topic 3

The three Baudelaire children aren't shown fighting with each other as normal children often do.

1) Does this make the Baudelaire children less believable? Why.

2) Describe how each of the children differ from each other as normal siblings do. Are there any traits that they do share? Explain.

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