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

2. What does Primrose discover about her sweaters?
(a) They are all too small.
(b) They have all been washed.
(c) They are all missing.
(d) They all have moth holes.

3. Who teaches Primrose to make cinnamon rolls?
(a) Miss Bowzer.
(b) Miss Honeycut.
(c) Mrs. Cantina.
(d) Uncle Jack.

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 the gym.
(c) Miss Perfidy's house, her parents' house and school.
(d) Miss Perfidy's house, the gym and Uncle Jack's house.

5. Does Miss Bowzer smoke cigarettes?
(a) No, she hates smoking.
(b) Yes, and it reminds Primrose of her mother.
(c) Yes, and Primrose is allergic to it.
(d) No, she is too healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Primrose asks the sheriff if he or she has ever believed something, in spite of all the evidence. What is the sherriff's answer?

2. 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?

3. Who does Primrose name Mallomar?

4. At first, Uncle Jack can't care for Primrose because he lives far away and is in which branch of the military?

5. Which recipe is not included in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where do Primrose and Uncle Jack live?

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

8. What happens to Mr. Cantina's dog while Primrose is in the drugstore.

9. Why are Primrose's sweaters left at Miss Perfidy's house?

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

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