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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. To whom does Uncle Jack try to sell a house at dinner, after the guinea pig incident?

2. What permanent injury does Primrose suffer from the incident?

3. What interesting fact did Primrose's father share about animals?

4. Miss Honeycut thinks that she and Uncle Jack could be a couple, if only... what?

5. After the guinea pig incident, where do Primrose and Uncle Jack go for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Uncle Jack suggest that Primrose do on her daily trips to the pier, and what is the result?

2. What is Uncle Jack's reaction when Primrose is put in foster care?

3. How does Miss Honeycut try to get Primrose out of the way so she can have a relationship with Uncle Jack?

4. Does Miss Honeycut believe in intuition?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Miss Honeycut bring Primrose from the other children when she visits the hospital?

6. Do Evie and Bert like Coal Harbour?

7. In Chapter 8, Primrose's sweaters are missing. What are some of the possible reasons for this?

8. What is Miss Perfidy's very unusual mental condition?

9. Before she is put in the hospital, what is Miss Perfidy's garbled version of Primrose's story?

10. What are some of the activities in which adults try to involve Primrose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the light tone of the book.

Part 1) What techniques does the author use to achieve that tone?

Part 2) Are some of the topics discussed serious?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss symbolism in the book Everything on a Waffle, including the symbolic meaning of Primrose's walks on the pier, her recipe journal and her sweaters. How do these items help or hurt Primrose? Of whom do they remind her? Does she feel hopeful or hopeless when she encounters these objects?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the people in Coal Harbour are a little odd, including Miss Perfidy, Miss Bowzer, Miss Honeycut, Primrose's mother and Primrose.

Part 1) List some of the unusual traits of these characters. How do they change the story? Would it be more entertaining or less entertaining?

Part 2) Would Primrose miss her mother as much if she was more like other people? Why or why not?

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