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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Uncle Jack hope to make the economy of Coal Harbour stronger?
(a) By breeding more whales.
(b) By selling waffles worldwide.
(c) By selling locks of Primrose's hair.
(d) By turning it into an upscale tourist attraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Perfidy serve Primrose to eat?

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

3. Who is Lena of the "Lena's Boiled Potatoes" recipe?

4. Where are Primrose's sweaters left?

5. What did Primrose's mother do after her husband was lost at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Primrose searches her mother's notebook for clues, but finds only what?

2. Who suggests that Primrose live with her nearest relative, Uncle Jack?

3. Who calls the sheriff and why, when Primrose is in the drugstore?

4. Why does Primrose return to the pier each day?

5. Of what is Primrose unfairly accused in the drugstore?

6. Why does Primrose slip into the drugstore one day?

7. What did Primrose do when her mother smoked? What reminds her of this?

8. Where do Primrose and Uncle Jack live?

9. Does Primrose believe in intuition?

10. When does Primrose move to Uncle Jack's House?

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