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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 look as if he is feeling when he learns he has been lied to by Stephano?

2. What does Violet do to her invention to make it slide easier?

3. What reason does Stephano give for not explaining his vast knowledge of snakes beforehand?

4. What does Stephano say that the doctor will do for Mr. Poe after he is done with the examination?

5. What does Stephano make Violet do as they head to the Jeep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Klaus and Mr. Poe discuss while they are walking up to the house in chapter eight?

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

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

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

6. What does Violet say that they are going in the Reptile Room for as she describes it in chapter nine?

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

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

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

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

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

What role do the adults take on in the story? In what ways is it a typical role? In what way is it atypical?

In what ways are the Baudelaire children's role typical? Not typical?

Essay Topic 3

In what way do the Baudelaire children work together? Could they have defeated Count Olaf if they hadn't had each other? Explain.

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