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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell do some people believe makes a house "homier" and helps to sell it?

2. With her parents gone, who is Primrose's nearest living relative?

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

4. How does Uncle Jack hope to make the economy of Coal Harbour stronger?

5. Uncle Jack has bought the Cantina's store. What other Coal Harbour business does he want to buy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Primrose and Uncle Jack live?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Miss Bowzer say when Primrose asks if she believes in intuition?

7. What does Sheriff Peters show Primrose at his office?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Primrose's parents, especially her father, are somewhat mysterious.

Part 1) What does the reader know about Primrose's mother?

Part 2) What does the reader know about Primrose's father?

Part 3) How do Primrose's parents feel about her?

Essay Topic 2

When Primrose's father is lost at sea, her mother sails off into the storm to rescue him.

Part 1) Could both of Primrose's parents have been killed by doing this?

Part 2) Do you agree with her mother's decision? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the character Miss Honeycut change during the novel?

Part 1) What is Primrose's impression of Miss Honeycut at the beginning of the book?

Part 2) How has that impression changed by the end of the book?

Part 3) Which impression of Miss Honeycut is more accurate?

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