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Vocabulary
Book Trivia
Figurative Language
Beyond the Text
100
What are the names of the three Baudelaire Orphans?
Violet, Klaus, Sunny
100
Define, prank.
A trick played on someone.
100
What is the name of the snake friend that Sunny makes at the beginning of the book (hint, the name is a misnomer or fake name).
The incredibly deadly viper
100
Lousy Lane
Alliteration
100
Why does Count Olaf come back to kidnap the orphans once again?
To try and take control of their fortune.
200
What is the fake name that Count Olaf uses throughout the book?
Stephano
200
Define, unnerving.
Something that makes you scared or nervous.
200
Stephano (Count Olaf) killed Uncle Monty by doing what?
Injecting him with snake venom.
200
Hazy Harbor
Alliteration
200
Why does Mr. Poe not believe the children when they say that Stephano is really Count Olaf?
1. Because he has changed his appearance. 2. Because he does not ever seem to believe the children, and says they are rude towards adults.
300
Who is the man that adopts the three orphans and gives them an interesting new home?
Uncle Monty
300
Define, glum.
Sad, unhappy.
300
Mr. Poe initially does not believe that Stephano is actually Count Olaf, because he is missing which important physical feature.
The tattoo of an eye on his left ankle.
300
"The black suitcase lurched into Violet's shoulder and then forward into the windshield, which immediately cracked in a dozen places so it looked like a spiderweb."
Simile
300
Why does the hook handed man disguise his appearance and pretend to be Dr. Lucafont.
So the children will not recognize him.
400
Dr. Lucafont is actually which character from book 1?
The hook handed man.
400
Define, expedition.
An exciting trip, usually to a far away place.
400
Violet is able to prove who Stephano really is by breaking into what?
His suitcase.
400
"...and most of all about the tattoo of an eye he had on his ankle. It seemed like that eye was watching the Baudelaire orphans wherever they went."
Personification
400
How does Mr. Poe feel when he see's Sunny being bitten by the Incredibly Deadly Viper? Why are his feelings incorrect?
He is very upset, scared, etc. This is incorrect because the Incredibly Deadly Viper is not actually deadly, the name is a misnomer.
500
What is the name of Uncle Monty's original assistant, this man "retires" shortly before Stephano arrives.
Gustav
500
Define, herpetologist.
A scientist who studies snakes.
500
Uncle Monty planned on taking the orphans on an expedition to which country?
Peru
500
"Lousy Lane runs through fields that are a sickly gray color, in which a handful of scraggly trees produce apples so sour that one only has to look at them to feel ill."
Metaphor
500
Why does Mr. Poe not allow the children to chase after Count Olaf at the end of the book?
He says that Count Olaf is a dangerous criminal and it is not safe for the children to chase him.