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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. Why is Uncle Jack so eager to sell the "cinnamon house"?
(a) So he can stop showing it.
(b) So he can use the money to finish the townhouses and condominiums he is building.
(c) So he can eat more cinnamon rolls.
(d) So he can live in a bigger house.

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?
(a) Build a new boat.
(b) Stay with Primrose.
(c) Call the Coast Guard.
(d) Wait until morning.

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

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

5. What smell do some people believe makes a house "homier" and helps to sell it?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Roses.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Oranges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Perfidy's reaction when Primrose says that she "just knows" her parents are still alive?

2. Why does Primrose visit the pier almost every day?

3. Primrose moves in with Uncle Jack when he is transferred to Coal Harbour. He is eventually assigned to do what job?

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

5. Who teaches Primrose to make cinnamon rolls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Does Primrose believe in intuition?

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

10. Why does the town hold a memorial service for Primrose's parents in Chapter 1?

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