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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 have the shrubs been cut to look like?

2. What does Uncle Monty tell Klaus when he insists he needs to tell him something important?

3. What question does Mr. Poe ask of Dr. Montgomery while they are eating?

4. What does Stephano tell the children has changed about the plans to Peru?

5. Where does Dr. Montgomery receive a great deal of his money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how life goes for the Baudelaire children for a week or so in chapter three?

3. Describe the scene in chapter six when the Baudelaire children are watching Zombies in the Snow.

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The snake was thought of as a friend to the children and the children and the snake cried as they were separated.

1) How would the scene have been viewed differently if the creature had been something more accepted as a pet such as a puppy or a cat?

2) Why did the author chose a snake to be the only thing left to share the Baudelaire's tears?

3) What was the author's purpose in having the snake cry?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Luck to Planing and Preparation.

1) There are a few good things that happen to the Baudelaire children. Are those things more likely luck or preparation and planning?

2) Is it more important to be lucky or prepared?

3) In what way could the Baudelaire children have prepared themselves more?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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