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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. When does Primrose move to Uncle Jack's house?
(a) In the Spring.
(b) In the Winter.
(c) At the end of summer, to start school.
(d) In July.

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

3. What does Primrose do while Uncle Jack shows the "cinnamon house" for the second time?
(a) Learns to knit with her mother.
(b) Learns to play hockey with Miss Honeycut.
(c) Learns to shoot hoops with Miss Perfidy.
(d) Helps Miss Bowzer at her restaurant.

4. Primrose's belongings are divided between three places. What are they?
(a) Miss Perfidy's house, Uncle Jack's house and her parents' house.
(b) Miss Perfidy's house, her parents' house and school.
(c) Miss Perfidy's house, her parents' house and the gym.
(d) Miss Perfidy's house, the gym and Uncle Jack's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Primrose do while Uncle Jack shows the "cinnamon house" for the first time?

2. Miss Honeycut is from Europe, and claims to be related to whom?

3. How long has Primrose known Miss Perfidy?

4. What business owner is unhappy with Uncle Jack's attempts to make the town fancier?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Primrose decide to collect in her mother's notebook?

2. Does Primrose believe her parents are dead after the raincoat is found?

3. Who visits Uncle Jack and brings him lemon cookies?

4. What does the reader expect to happen when the sheriff takes Primrose to his office?

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

6. Why doesn't Primrose show any grief about her parents?

7. The children who taunt her remind Primrose of what vegetable?

8. In Chapter 1, what has happened to Primrose's parents?

9. Why does Uncle Jack want to change Coal Harbour?

10. What does Miss Bowzer teach Primrose to bake that is both "tricky" and "sweet," and why?

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