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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Primrose not feel any grief over her parents' loss?
(a) She believes they are still alive on an island.
(b) She is too young to remember them.
(c) She has forgotten them.
(d) She is too little to feel sad.

2. How old is Primrose at the beginning of the story?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Nine.

3. What does Primrose do while Uncle Jack shows the "cinnamon house" for the first time?
(a) Bakes cookies and goes to bed.
(b) Builds a sandcastle.
(c) Does her homework and goes to bed.
(d) Tames a wild horse.

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) No, he only trusts the evidence.
(b) Yes, but intuition is only for minor things.
(c) No, intuition is only for children.
(d) Yes, he once believed a criminal was innocent despite all the evidence.

5. What does Primrose discover about her sweaters?
(a) They are all too small.
(b) They all have moth holes.
(c) They are all missing.
(d) They have all been washed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Primrose known Miss Perfidy?

2. What does Primrose decide to write in her mother's notebook?

3. Who does Miss Honeycut have crush on?

4. Where does the sheriff take Primrose?

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

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