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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. During the boring speeches at a town meeting, Primrose searches her mother's notebook for clues. Instead, she finds only two items. What are they?
(a) A recipe and a grocery list.
(b) A poem and a song.
(c) Two short stories.
(d) A sweater pattern and her parents' wedding photo.

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

3. What gift does Uncle Jack give Primrose?
(a) A seal.
(b) A pony.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A puppy.

4. Which recipe is not included in the book?
(a) Asparagus.
(b) Lemon Sugar Cookies.
(c) Barbeque Pork on a waffle.
(d) Carrots in Apricot Glaze.

5. What finally happens to Lena, the creator of the boiled potato recipe?
(a) She eats so many potatoes she turns into a potato bug.
(b) She starts making potato waffles.
(c) She and her husband move away.
(d) She sails away in a hot air balloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Jack's first reaction to having Primrose move in with him?

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

3. Why is one of the houses Uncle Jack is trying to sell nicknamed the "cinnamon house"?

4. What is Miss Honeycut's job?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Does Primrose believe in intuition?

4. Where do Primrose and Uncle Jack live?

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

6. How does Primrose's mother react when her husband is lost at sea in his huge fishing boat?

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

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

9. Is Uncle Jack a "developer" as the children claim?

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

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