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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Primrose visit the pier almost every day?
(a) To eat cotton candy.
(b) To wait for her parents to return in a boat.
(c) To look for sharks.
(d) To tame a seal.

2. What is Miss Honeycut's job?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Plumber.
(c) School guidance counselor.
(d) Teacher.

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

4. Which recipe is not included in the book?
(a) Barbeque Pork on a waffle.
(b) Lemon Sugar Cookies.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Carrots in Apricot Glaze.

5. What country is Coal Harbour in?
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) Canada.
(d) Brazil.

6. How old does Primrose think Mrs. Perfidy is?
(a) 104 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 200 years old.
(d) 21 years old.

7. What business owner is unhappy with Uncle Jack's attempts to make the town fancier?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Mr. Cantina.
(c) Mrs. Brown.
(d) Miss Bowzer.

8. What does Primrose decide to write in her mother's notebook?
(a) A journal.
(b) Poems.
(c) Songs.
(d) Recipes.

9. Does Miss Bowzer believe in intuition?
(a) No, Miss Bowzer only believes in waffles.
(b) Yes, she once had an intuition that a whaling boat would sink, and it did.
(c) Yes, Miss Bowzer had an intuition that Primrose would get a pony for her birthday.
(d) No, like the sheriff, Miss Bowzer believes in facts.

10. What color is Primrose's hair?
(a) Blond -- "the color of autumn wheat."
(b) Green -- "the color of leaves in the summer."
(c) Orange -- "the color of carrots in apricot glaze."
(d) Purple -- "the color of spring lilacs."

11. When Primrose returns home, Uncle Jack has made her favorite dinner. Why is he being unusually nice to her?
(a) Because it is a holiday.
(b) Because it is Primrose's birthday.
(c) Because he believes the sheriff's evidence that her parents are dead.
(d) Because he likes Miss Perfidy.

12. What is Mallomar named after?
(a) Primrose's favorite waffle.
(b) Primrose's favorite cookie.
(c) A pony.
(d) A boat.

13. What is Miss Perfidy's reaction when Primrose says that she "just knows" her parents are still alive?
(a) Miss Perfidy walks away.
(b) Miss Perfidy buys her an ice cream cone.
(c) Miss Perfidy bursts into tears.
(d) Miss Perfidy slaps her.

14. What word best describes Miss Perfidy's personality?
(a) Smart.
(b) Happy.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Odd.

15. How does Primrose describe the recipe for cinnamon rolls?
(a) Tricky and fun.
(b) Old and moldy.
(c) Fun and messy.
(d) Tricky and messy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Primrose name Mallomar?

2. When Primrose's parents are lost at sea, everyone else assumes they are dead. However, Primrose "just knows" they are where?

3. Does the found item change Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive?

4. Why is one of the houses Uncle Jack is trying to sell nicknamed the "cinnamon house"?

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

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