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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 NOT find in the suitcase when it is open?

2. Who does Violet realize is watching her as she tries to break into the suitcase?

3. What does the doctor say that Stephano is before he goes in to check on the body of Dr. Montgomery?

4. What does Stephano accidentally call Dr. Montgomery's death?

5. What does Sunny do, after Violet has left the room, while sitting in front of the Incredibly Deadly Viper's open cage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At the very end of the story the children compliment each other on the things that they were able to accomplish that eventually unmasked Count Olaf.

1) Was it necessary for the children to tell each other how well each of them did at this point?

2) Would it have been the same if they had said it before they went to sleep?

3) What purpose does an honest compliment serve to a person in a general sense? How does that compare to the compliment the children gave each other?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Bruce play in the story? What does the children's response to Bruce's accusation that Dr. Montgomery was a moron say?

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