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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 Miss Honeycut serve to Uncle Jack for dinner?

2. How long does it take before Primrose knows Evie and Bert well enough to tell them about her adventures?

3. Why does Primrose try to cut the guinea pig's hair?

4. Who do Evie, Bert and Primrose meet at dinner?

5. Who assigns Primrose the job of caring for a guinea pig on the weekend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Honeycut mean when she says that Primrose attacked a "small, helpless animal"?

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

4. What happens to Miss Perfidy in Chapter 14, when she is in the hospital?

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

6. Does Miss Honeycut believe in intuition?

7. What is Miss Perfidy's very unusual mental condition?

8. When Uncle Jack goes to dinner with Miss Honeycut, what are their different goals?

9. Do Evie and Bert like Coal Harbour?

10. When Primrose sees orcas swimming in the ocean, who do they remind her of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Uncle Jack wants to make Coal Harbour trendier and fancier to attract more tourists. Primrose likes Coal Harbour just as it is, and thinks tourists will, too. Compare these two points of view, writing at least one paragraph on each. Which side makes the most sense to you, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

When Primrose's parents disappear, no one knows quite what to do with her. There is a lot of debate about where she should live.

Part 1) Compare and contrast Primrose's living situations with Miss Perfidy, Uncle Jack and her foster parents, Evie and Bert. What are the good points of each? What are the bad points?

Part 2) Although Uncle Jack is at first reluctant to be Primrose's guardian, eventually he agrees. Does he do a good job or a bad job? Explain why you think so.

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