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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 does Primrose discover about her sweaters?

2. Who counsels the other children to be kind to Primrose because her parents are presumed dead?

3. What is so unusual about Miss Perfidy's memory?

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

5. What did Primrose think about spending "family time" with her parents before they were lost?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who calls the sheriff and why, when Primrose is in the drugstore?

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

6. What has happened to Primrose's father in the first chapter?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Uncle Jack agrees to care for Primrose after her parents disappear, does he have good intentions?

Part 1) What are his shortcomings as a guardian?

Part 2) What could he have done better?

Essay Topic 2

Hope is a major theme of Everything on a Waffle. How does Primrose keep her hope alive while her parents are gone? Is it logical for her to believe that they are still alive? Why or why not? In the end, is Primrose right?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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