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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Miss Perfidy's outfit unusual in Chapter 7?
(a) Miss Perfidy has her dress on backwards.
(b) Miss Perfidy is wearing all of Primrose's sweaters.
(c) Miss Perfidy is wearing a bathing suit with a raincoat.
(d) Miss Perfidy is wearing a long, blond wig.

2. Why is the whaling industry dying in Coal Harbour?
(a) The whales are endangered.
(b) People are too afraid of the water to go whaling.
(c) No one eats whale meat anymore.
(d) Whales are too big to catch.

3. What smell do some people believe makes a house "homier" and helps to sell it?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Roses.
(d) Oranges.

4. What is Mrs. Cantina eating in the store?
(a) A caramel apple.
(b) Cotton candy.
(c) A dog biscuit.
(d) A waffle.

5. The children who taunt Primrose remind her of what vegetable?
(a) A bunch of broccoli.
(b) A clutch of asparagus.
(c) A handful of baby carrots.
(d) A pride of squash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Miss Bowzer share Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive, living on an island in the middle of the sea?

2. Where does Primrose wake up after being injured?

3. What word best describes Miss Perfidy's personality?

4. Primrose is first taunted by the other children when she is doing what?

5. Does Miss Bowzer smoke cigarettes?

(see the answer key)

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