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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Primrose asks the sheriff if he or she has ever believed something, in spite of all the evidence. What is the sherriff's answer?
(a) Yes, he once believed a criminal was innocent despite all the evidence.
(b) No, intuition is only for children.
(c) Yes, but intuition is only for minor things.
(d) No, he only trusts the evidence.

2. Primrose is first taunted by the other children when she is doing what?
(a) Eating ice cream.
(b) Playing a video game.
(c) Cleaning Uncle Jack's car.
(d) Walking home from school.

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

4. Primrose avoids the children one day by slipping into a store run by Mr. and Mrs. Cantina. What type of store is it?
(a) A video store.
(b) A drugstore.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A candy store.

5. Does Miss Bowzer smoke cigarettes?
(a) Yes, and Primrose is allergic to it.
(b) No, she is too healthy.
(c) No, she hates smoking.
(d) Yes, and it reminds Primrose of her mother.

6. What does Primrose do while Uncle Jack shows the "cinnamon house" for the first time?
(a) Does her homework and goes to bed.
(b) Tames a wild horse.
(c) Bakes cookies and goes to bed.
(d) Builds a sandcastle.

7. Does Miss Bowzer believe in intuition?
(a) Yes, she once had an intuition that a whaling boat would sink, and it did.
(b) No, Miss Bowzer only believes in waffles.
(c) Yes, Miss Bowzer had an intuition that Primrose would get a pony for her birthday.
(d) No, like the sheriff, Miss Bowzer believes in facts.

8. How does Primrose describe the recipe for cinnamon rolls?
(a) Tricky and fun.
(b) Fun and messy.
(c) Tricky and messy.
(d) Old and moldy.

9. Primrose and Uncle Jack live in a house next to what building?
(a) The gym.
(b) The pier.
(c) The school.
(d) The library.

10. Left alone, Primrose imagines the noises from the gym are what sounds?
(a) The groans of dying whales.
(b) The barking of sea otters.
(c) The ghosts of dead whalers playing hockey.
(d) The chirps of happy little birds.

11. When did Primrose's family decide to spend some quality time together?
(a) When Primrose's baby sister was born.
(b) Before her parents went on a vacation without her.
(c) After Primrose was lost at the circus.
(d) After her parents came back from a vacation without her.

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

13. What do Miss Perfidy's cookies always taste like?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Mothballs.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Strawberries.

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

15. During the boring speeches at a town meeting, Primrose searches her mother's notebook for clues. Instead, she finds only two items. What are they?
(a) A recipe and a grocery list.
(b) Two short stories.
(c) A poem and a song.
(d) A sweater pattern and her parents' wedding photo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Cantina eating in the store?

2. Uncle Jack tells Primrose she can come with him to show the "cinnamon house" if she will learn to do one thing. What is it?

3. What business owner is unhappy with Uncle Jack's attempts to make the town fancier?

4. Why is Uncle Jack so eager to sell the "cinnamon house"?

5. The sheriff shows Primrose something that has been found near a deserted island. What is it?

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