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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally happens to Lena, the creator of the boiled potato recipe?
(a) She sails away in a hot air balloon.
(b) She starts making potato waffles.
(c) She and her husband move away.
(d) She eats so many potatoes she turns into a potato bug.

2. Why does Primrose not feel any grief over her parents' loss?
(a) She has forgotten them.
(b) She is too little to feel sad.
(c) She believes they are still alive on an island.
(d) She is too young to remember them.

3. Does Miss Bowzer share Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive, living on an island in the middle of the sea?
(a) Yes, Miss Bowzer is the only one who agrees with Primrose.
(b) No, like everyone else in town, Miss Bowzer thinks Primrose's parents are dead.
(c) No, Miss Bowzer thinks they went on vacation.
(d) o, Miss Bowzer thinks they ran away to Tahiti.

4. What country is Coal Harbour in?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) Brazil.

5. What is Mallomar named after?
(a) A boat.
(b) Primrose's favorite waffle.
(c) A pony.
(d) Primrose's favorite cookie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does the found item change Primrose's belief that her parents are still alive?

2. When Primrose returns home, Uncle Jack has made her favorite dinner. Why is he being unusually nice to her?

3. Now that she can bake cinnamon rolls, where will Primrose go with Uncle Jack?

4. Primrose is first taunted by the other children when she is doing what?

5. Which recipe is not included in the book?

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