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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incident takes place while Primrose is in the Cantina's store, making Mr. Cantina very angry?
(a) The dog's leash is cut, and he runs into the street.
(b) Someone wears a funny hat.
(c) Someone leaves a cake outside in the rain.
(d) Someone breaks her arm.

2. The town of Coal Harbour is located in which Canadian province?
(a) Ontario.
(b) Winnipeg.
(c) Calgary.
(d) British Columbia.

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

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

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

6. How many uncles does Primrose have?
(a) Two: Uncle Jack and Uncle Theodore.
(b) Five.
(c) One: Uncle Jack.
(d) Three: Uncle Jack, Uncle Hubert and Uncle Ted.

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

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

9. How long has Primrose known Miss Perfidy?
(a) All her life.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Two months.

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

11. How does the visit with Miss Perfidy end?
(a) Miss Perfidy rushes to an appointment that may be imaginary.
(b) Uncle Jack comes to pick up Primrose.
(c) Primrose rushes off to an appontment.
(d) The phone rings.

12. Who counsels the other children to be kind to Primrose because her parents are presumed dead?
(a) The Town Council.
(b) Uncle Jack.
(c) Miss Honeycut.
(d) Miss Perfidy.

13. Miss Perfidy smells oddly of what?
(a) Used Q-tips.
(b) Mothballs.
(c) Bad perfume.
(d) Cheetos.

14. What do Miss Perfidy's cookies always taste like?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Mothballs.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Strawberries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Now that she can bake cinnamon rolls, where will Primrose go with Uncle Jack?

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

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

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

5. Where does the sheriff take Primrose?

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