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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 color is Primrose's hair?

2. How does Miss Perfidy act when Primrose visits her in Chapter 7?

3. When Primrose's parents are lost at sea, everyone else assumes they are dead. However, Primrose "just knows" they are where?

4. The town of Coal Harbour is located in which Canadian province?

5. Primrose tells Uncle Jack he could sell the "cinnamon house" if he would just do one thing. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Does Primrose believe in intuition?

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

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

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

9. Where does Primrose stay during her parents' absence in Chapter 1?

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

Discuss the light tone of the book.

Part 1) What techniques does the author use to achieve that tone?

Part 2) Are some of the topics discussed serious?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in the novel. At many points, Primrose hints at future events, including going into foster care and losing her toe. List as many examples of foreshadowing as possible, and discuss each one.

Essay Topic 3

When a raincoat belonging to Primrose's mother is found at sea near a deserted island, it means very different things to different characters.

Part 1) What does the raincoat mean to the sheriff? Who shares his interpretation?

Part 2) What does the raincoat mean to Primrose, and why?

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