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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 is Mr. Poe doing when he hears Sunny?

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

3. What happens to Violet's invention when she tries to open the suitcase the last time?

4. Who does the narrator explain that inventions, such as the one Violet has made, are used by?

5. What can Violet see Stephano explaining but doesn't know what he is saying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Stephano do when Klaus refuses to go until the police are called?

5. Describe the story that the doctor tells to exlpain the death of Dr. Montgomery?

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

7. Describe the lockpick that Violet had made.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the Baudelaire children and Olaf are the main focus of the story there are other characters involved.

Look at Mr. Poe and Uncle Monty. Describe Mr. Poe's personality. Describe Uncle Monty's personality.

Which one of these characters is a more accurate description of Count Olaf's opposite? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The three Baudelaire children aren't shown fighting with each other as normal children often do.

1) Does this make the Baudelaire children less believable? Why.

2) Describe how each of the children differ from each other as normal siblings do. Are there any traits that they do share? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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