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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. Where does Primrose wake up after being injured?

2. After the guinea pig incident, where do Primrose and Uncle Jack go for dinner?

3. Who does Uncle Jack rescue from the fire?

4. Who actually ends up being the team's goalie?

5. Where does Uncle Jack spend the night after the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the guinea pig's cage catch on fire?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Miss Perfidy suggest has happened to Primrose's sweaters?

3. What is unique about the food at Miss Bowzer's restaurant?

4. What is Uncle Jack's reaction when Primrose is put in foster care?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Uncle Jack suggest that Primrose do on her daily trips to the pier, and what is the result?

6. How is being in foster care different than Primrose expected?

7. In Chapter 8, what does Miss Honeycut bring Primrose from the other children when she visits the hospital?

8. Do Evie and Bert like Coal Harbour?

9. How do Primrose and Uncle Jack disagree about Miss Bowzer's practice of serving everything on a waffle?

10. Where do Evie and Bert take Primrose for "comfort food"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the people in Coal Harbour are a little odd, including Miss Perfidy, Miss Bowzer, Miss Honeycut, Primrose's mother and Primrose.

Part 1) List some of the unusual traits of these characters. How do they change the story? Would it be more entertaining or less entertaining?

Part 2) Would Primrose miss her mother as much if she was more like other people? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Both Miss Perfidy and Miss Honeycut are involved in Primrose's life, but they have very different personalities. Compare and contrast Miss Honeycut and Miss Perfidy. How does each change over the course of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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