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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Primrose returns home, Uncle Jack has made her favorite dinner. Why is he being unusually nice to her?
(a) Because it is Primrose's birthday.
(b) Because he believes the sheriff's evidence that her parents are dead.
(c) Because he likes Miss Perfidy.
(d) Because it is a holiday.

2. Where does the sheriff take Primrose?
(a) To the circus.
(b) To her home.
(c) To the sheriff's office.
(d) To the pier.

3. 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) No, he only trusts the evidence.
(b) No, intuition is only for children.
(c) Yes, he once believed a criminal was innocent despite all the evidence.
(d) Yes, but intuition is only for minor things.

4. Uncle Jack finally agrees to allow Primrose to move in with him when it looks like the only other option is what?
(a) Sending her on a cruise.
(b) Sending her to a boarding school.
(c) Sending her on a long trip.
(d) Sending her to a foster home.

5. Primrose tells Uncle Jack he could sell the "cinnamon house" if he would just do one thing. What is it?
(a) Listen to Primrose's advice and insights about the townspeople.
(b) Move away from Coal Harbour.
(c) Make it smell like roses.
(d) Buy the new owner a puppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Primrose's hair?

2. What does Miss Perfidy serve Primrose to eat?

3. What did Primrose's mother do after her husband was lost at sea?

4. 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?

5. What does Primrose decide to write in her mother's notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sheriff Peters show Primrose at his office?

2. Who visits Uncle Jack and brings him lemon cookies?

3. Does Primrose believe in intuition?

4. What did Primrose do when her mother smoked? What reminds her of this?

5. Why does Uncle Jack want to change Coal Harbour?

6. Where do Primrose and Uncle Jack live?

7. Does Primrose believe her parents are dead after the raincoat is found?

8. Why does the town hold a memorial service for Primrose's parents in Chapter 1?

9. Why are Primrose's sweaters left at Miss Perfidy's house?

10. Why is it called the "cinnamon house"?

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