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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. What does Uncle Jack try to do at Miss Honeycut's dinner?

2. How does Uncle Jack respond when Primrose is put in foster care?

3. When Primrose follows Uncle Jack's advice, how does it end up?

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

5. Miss Honeycut thinks that she and Uncle Jack could be a couple, if only... what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is being in foster care different than Primrose expected?

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

6. In Chapter 8, Primrose's sweaters are missing. What are some of the possible reasons for this?

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

8. What is Uncle Jack's reaction when Primrose is put in foster care?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the important role of food in the book. Why is everything served on a waffle in Miss Bowzer's restaurant? Why does Primrose keep a recipe journal? What role do cinnamon rolls have in showing houses? What recipes are included? What are some of the specific foods served on a waffle? What is the meaning of the phrase "comfort food" and how does it relate to this story?

Essay Topic 3

When Uncle Jack agrees to care for Primrose after her parents disappear, does he have good intentions?

Part 1) What are his shortcomings as a guardian?

Part 2) What could he have done better?

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