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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 Primrose have for dinner?

2. What does Miss Honeycut serve to Uncle Jack for dinner?

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

4. After buying their new townhouse, Evie and Bert celebrate by ordering what meal at Miss Bowzer's restaurant?

5. What activity does Uncle Jack suggest that Primrose try instead of just walking on the pier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Honeycut mean when she says that Primrose attacked a "small, helpless animal"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Primrose believe Miss Honeycut's motive was when she put together a file for Children and Family services?

9. Before she is put in the hospital, what is Miss Perfidy's garbled version of Primrose's story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Although Primrose has good motives, many times her adventures turn out badly.

1) What are some examples of Primrose's misadventures?

2) Is she a bad person simply because things do not work out?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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