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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Uncle Jack has bought the Cantina's store. What other Coal Harbour business does he want to buy?
(a) Miss Bowzer's restaurant.
(b) The candy store.
(c) The video store.
(d) The bait shop at the pier.

2. Does the found item change Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive?
(a) Yes, now she thinks her parents are dead.
(b) No, she still believes her parents are alive, despite the evidence.
(c) Yes, but now the sheriff believes her parents are alive.
(d) No, and everyone else agrees that her parents are alive now.

3. 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.

4. The sheriff shows Primrose something that has been found near a deserted island. What is it?
(a) A whale.
(b) Her father's boat.
(c) Her mother's raincoat.
(d) A baby seal.

5. How does Miss Perfidy act when Primrose visits her in Chapter 7?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She dances.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She speaks French.

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

7. When Primrose's parents are lost at sea, everyone else assumes they are dead. However, Primrose "just knows" they are where?
(a) Dancing with the stars.
(b) Skiing in the alps.
(c) Living on an island.
(d) Swimming with the dolphins.

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

9. Now that she can bake cinnamon rolls, where will Primrose go with Uncle Jack?
(a) She can go to the museum.
(b) She can go to the grocery store.
(c) She can go to the gym.
(d) She will be able to go with him when he shows houses.

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

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

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

13. Left alone at night, what does Primrose worry about?
(a) If her plant needs to be watered.
(b) If her parents are dead.
(c) If her parents are too cold and hungry on the island.
(d) If she left the iron on.

14. Does Miss Bowzer share Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive, living on an island in the middle of the sea?
(a) No, like everyone else in town, Miss Bowzer thinks Primrose's parents are dead.
(b) No, Miss Bowzer thinks they went on vacation.
(c) Yes, Miss Bowzer is the only one who agrees with Primrose.
(d) o, Miss Bowzer thinks they ran away to Tahiti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Cantina eating in the store?

2. What gift does Uncle Jack give Primrose?

3. How does Uncle Jack hope to make the economy of Coal Harbour stronger?

4. Primrose avoids the children one day by slipping into a store run by Mr. and Mrs. Cantina. What type of store is it?

5. How does the visit with Miss Perfidy end?

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