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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. How is Primrose injured outside the "cinnamon house"?

2. Do Evie and Bert enjoy having all their food on a waffle?

3. Who visits Primrose in the hospital?

4. What does Miss Honeycut say about the guinea pig's haircut?

5. What does Primrose do when she scrapes her knee outside the "cinnamon house"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Before she is put in the hospital, what is Miss Perfidy's garbled version of Primrose's story?

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

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

7. How is the mystery of the missing sweaters finally solved?

8. What are some of the activities in which adults try to involve Primrose?

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

10. What does Primrose believe Miss Honeycut's motive was when she put together a file for Children and Family services?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss symbolism in the book Everything on a Waffle, including the symbolic meaning of Primrose's walks on the pier, her recipe journal and her sweaters. How do these items help or hurt Primrose? Of whom do they remind her? Does she feel hopeful or hopeless when she encounters these objects?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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