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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. Who do the children suggest calling to tell that Count Olaf has appeared in the house?

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

3. What do the children find at the far end of the Reptile Room?

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

5. What does the Alaskan Cow Lizard produce?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What stories does Uncle Monty share with the children and they share 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 fear and the role it plays in the story. Is it possible that fear kept the children from unmasking Count Olaf earlier? Was Count Olaf ever shown to be afraid in the story? Explain your answer

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

Mr. Poe tells them that good girls shouldn't know how to pick locks. Explain what he meant by this statement.

Mr. Poe says that a grown man doesn't get involved in car chases and that it is a job for the police. What does this reveal to the reader about Mr. Poe's personality?

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