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

2. What permanent injury does Primrose suffer from the incident?

3. Why does Miss Bowzer serve every menu item on a waffle?

4. Who are Evie and Bert?

5. Does Primrose think Uncle Jack caused the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Primrose end up in the hosptial in Chapter 8?

2. Does Miss Honeycut believe in intuition?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Miss Honeycut try to get Primrose out of the way so she can have a relationship with Uncle Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Primrose's parents, especially her father, are somewhat mysterious.

Part 1) What does the reader know about Primrose's mother?

Part 2) What does the reader know about Primrose's father?

Part 3) How do Primrose's parents feel about her?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the personality of Sheriff Peters in the story, especially his role in the discovery of the raincoat. Could he have done a better job of looking for Primrose's parents? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Although Primrose has good motives, many times her adventures turn out badly.

1) What are some examples of Primrose's misadventures?

2) Is she a bad person simply because things do not work out?

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