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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 Mr. Poe NOT say proves that Stephano is not Count Olaf?

2. Who panics upon seeing Sunny in her predicament?

3. What does Klaus say he is waiting on before he leaves?

4. Whose face couldn't be read?

5. Where does Mr. Poe say that Sunny won't be willing to sit for a car ride?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In chapter eight what does the narrator explain is the difference between Violet and Klaus in regards to their regrets?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the reaction gotten when Sunny is found with the Incredibly Deadly Viper wrapped around her body?

10. What does Klaus discover about the Mamba du Mal in chapter nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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