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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Kate Bowzer's restaurant?
(a) The Spiffy Whale Restaurant.
(b) The Yellow Canary Restaurant.
(c) The Girl on the Red Swing Restaurant.
(d) The Boy on the Blue Bike Restaurant.

2. Primrose moves in with Uncle Jack when he is transferred to Coal Harbour. He is eventually assigned to do what job?
(a) Build a dam.
(b) Manage a gym.
(c) Captain a boat.
(d) Run a plumbing supply depot.

3. Why does Primrose believe her parents are safe on an island when everyone else thinks they are dead?
(a) She can see them in a magic mirror.
(b) She has secret information.
(c) She trusts her intuition.
(d) She is not very smart.

4. Primrose asks the sheriff if he or she has ever believed something, in spite of all the evidence. What is the sherriff's answer?
(a) Yes, he once believed a criminal was innocent despite all the evidence.
(b) No, intuition is only for children.
(c) Yes, but intuition is only for minor things.
(d) No, he only trusts the evidence.

5. One of the girls taunting her says that Primrose's mother should have done what instead of sailing off into the storm to find her husband?
(a) Call the Coast Guard.
(b) Stay with Primrose.
(c) Build a new boat.
(d) Wait until morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Primrose at the beginning of the story?

2. How much is Miss Perfidy being paid each hour to watch Primrose?

3. Where does the sheriff take Primrose?

4. Who calls the sheriff when Primrose is in the store?

5. Who counsels the other children to be kind to Primrose because her parents are presumed dead?

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