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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 Count Olaf tell the children he assumes that they are?

2. What does Violet explain Sunny likes?

3. What does Dr. Montgomery say that he studies?

4. What does Violet have tacked up on her wall to sketch out her ideas?

5. What movie does Uncle Monty tell the children he wants to catch that night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator explain in chapter four will be another regret that the Baudelaire children will have when Uncle Monty gets home from picking up supplies?

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

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

7. What do the children remember in chapter three while thinking about heir parents?

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

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

10. What are the children doing in chapter five when they go up to their bed rooms after dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Count Olaf's character. How does it compare to his fictional character, Stephano? Is there any difference between the two other than an eyebrow, the beard and the tattoo on the ankle?

Essay Topic 2

The series is call A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. What events in the story could be called fortunate rather than unfortunate? Why do the unfortunate events seem to overshadow the others?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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