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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After learning to bake cinnamon rolls, where does Primrose go to pick up a sweater?
(a) To a dance studio.
(b) To the Cantina's store.
(c) To Miss Perfidy's house.
(d) To Uncle Jack's house.

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

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

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

5. What finally happens to Lena, the creator of the boiled potato recipe?
(a) She starts making potato waffles.
(b) She and her husband move away.
(c) She eats so many potatoes she turns into a potato bug.
(d) She sails away in a hot air balloon.

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

7. Who does Miss Honeycut have crush on?
(a) A hockey player.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Mr. Cantina's son.
(d) Uncle Jack.

8. Where does the sheriff take Primrose?
(a) To the pier.
(b) To the circus.
(c) To the sheriff's office.
(d) To her home.

9. Who does Primrose name Mallomar?
(a) The new owner of the drugstore.
(b) Her new teddy bear.
(c) A seal at the zoo.
(d) Her new puppy.

10. 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) Wait until morning.
(b) Stay with Primrose.
(c) Build a new boat.
(d) Call the Coast Guard.

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

12. Left alone, Primrose imagines the noises from the gym are what sounds?
(a) The ghosts of dead whalers playing hockey.
(b) The chirps of happy little birds.
(c) The groans of dying whales.
(d) The barking of sea otters.

13. What group meets to decide who will have custody of Primrose?
(a) The motocycle club.
(b) The Town Council.
(c) The corporate Board of Directors.
(d) The PTA.

14. 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 is not very smart.
(c) She has secret information.
(d) She trusts her intuition.

15. Why is Uncle Jack so eager to sell the "cinnamon house"?
(a) So he can use the money to finish the townhouses and condominiums he is building.
(b) So he can live in a bigger house.
(c) So he can stop showing it.
(d) So he can eat more cinnamon rolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Primrose returns home, Uncle Jack has made her favorite dinner. Why is he being unusually nice to her?

2. Primrose and Uncle Jack live in a house next to what building?

3. What did Primrose think about spending "family time" with her parents before they were lost?

4. What are Primrose's comments about making caramel apples?

5. Uncle Jack has bought the Cantina's store. What other Coal Harbour business does he want to buy?

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