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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 Violet tell Sunny to do while Klaus is looking through books?

2. What is Mr. Poe doing when he hears Sunny?

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

4. Who panics upon seeing Sunny in her predicament?

5. What does the look on Sunny's face show she is feeling after exposing Stephano's lies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation in chapter twelve where Mr. Poe insists on seeing Stephano's leg.

2. Describe the lockpick that Violet had made.

3. What does Violet explain that Stephano intended to do after killing Dr. Montgomery?

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

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

6. What is Stephano's response when he has been caught in a lie about his snake knowledge in chapter twelve?

7. What does Violet think about while she is standing outside Stephano's bedroom door?

8. At the end of chapter ten how does Klaus explain the meaning of Sunny's exclamation 'Aha'?

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

10. In chapter ten what does the author tell about the boy that cried wolf?

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

All the characters in the story are loyal to something. Define loyalty. Look at each character and explain what they are loyal to and how it is shown in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Count Olaf seems to have thought of everything and is even able to pass one of his accomplices off as the doctor.

In what way was it obvious that this was one of his accomplices?

In what way was Count Olaf's planning thorough? In what way did he seem to have not thought things through?

Is it possible that Count Olaf lucked into much of the information and situation that he found himself in?

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