View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Primrose like Miss Bowzer's habit of serving everything on a waffle?

2. Miss Honeycut says that she has not been doing anything to Primrose and blames everything on whom?

3. Walking on the beach with Mallomar, what animals does Primrose see first?

4. How does Uncle Jack get injured in the fire?

5. What does Primrose think the candy looks like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Does Miss Honeycut believe in intuition?

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

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

6. When Uncle Jack goes to dinner with Miss Honeycut, what are their different goals?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

When Primrose's father is lost at sea, her mother sails off into the storm to rescue him.

Part 1) Could both of Primrose's parents have been killed by doing this?

Part 2) Do you agree with her mother's decision? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in the novel. At many points, Primrose hints at future events, including going into foster care and losing her toe. List as many examples of foreshadowing as possible, and discuss each one.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 716 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample