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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 Stephano call Mr. Poe when he pretends to first meet Mr. Poe?

2. What is wrapped around Sunny's body?

3. What does Mr. Poe look as if he is feeling when he learns he has been lied to by Stephano?

4. What does Violet NOT find in the suitcase when it is open?

5. What is odd about the doctor's hand when he opens the door to the reptile room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stephano's reaction when Mr. Poe is panicing because Sunny has been bitten by the Incredibly Deadly Viper?

2. What are the children trying to convince Mr. Poe of while they are sitting with Stephano waiting on the doctor to finish his examination?

3. Describe the scene in chapter seven when Stephano first walks into the room where Dr. Montgomery's body is lying.

4. What does Violet suddenly realize in chapter eleven while she is trying to open the suitcase belonging to Stephano?

5. Describe what happens when Violet is able to get the suitcase open in chapter eleven.

6. What is Violet regretting in chapter seven while she is getting into the Jeep with Stephano?

7. Describe how Stephano killed Dr. Montgomery as Violet explains it in chapter twelve?

8. In the beginning of chapter nine what does the narrator explain is different when the children walk into the Reptile Room?

9. What happens when the two cars crash in chapter seven?

10. What is Violet doing in the beginning of chapter eleven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role that the loss of Uncle Monty plays for the children. In what way does it compare to the loss of their parents? Is this loss reflective of what a person might feel in real life? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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