Melissa Wiley Trivia

1. In 'The Far Side of the Loch' what was the name of Martha's cook (whom they just called 'Cook')?

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Margery Anne

Martha was making jam in the kitchen when the servants started acting, teasingly, like they were ladies. The maid curtsied to the cook, saying, "Lady Margery Anne."

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: Lucy was going to have her baby

Squeezed in bed with her sisters at the Waitts' house, Charlotte could not sleep because of her concerns over Lucy. She soon realized that Mrs. Waitt was not surprised and Lydia was not worried about Lucy because Lucy was simply going into labor.

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

Answer: Ivanhoe

When Charlotte turned eleven in the spring of 1820, Mama and Papa gave her Sir Walter Scott's new adventure novel, "Ivanhoe". Charlotte kindly decided to share it, asking Mama to read it aloud to the whole family when they finished "Robinson Crusoe".

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

Answer: Not tell him she bought it

On the way to Mr. Stock's shop on Union Street, Mama explained to Charlotte that Papa was too modest to ever buy himself a new hat. Mama planned switch the old hat for the new hat and when Papa noticed, it would be too late to return the new hat.

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

Answer: Molasses

The British blockade on Boston Harbor during the War of 1812 prevented any merchant ships from delivering molasses, among other things, to Roxbury. Charlotte was surprised when the molasses was missing from the family's cornmeal pudding, the meal reserved for the special Saturday night suppers.

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Lady Flora

Martha's brother, Duncan, accidentally drowns Lady Flora in Lake Caraid, while he puts her on his rickety boat as a passenger.

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Gerald Cameron

Gerald Cameron was the son of the the village weaver. He later married Nannie, Martha's house maid. He was very kind, even though he was homely, unlike his older brother, who was handsome, but snotty. His younger brother, Ian, was Martha's brother Duncan's school mate.

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: A speller

The Blue-back was the speller shared by Lydia, Tom, and Charlotte. Named for its blue-green cover, the Blue-back contained lists of spelling words to learn, reading passages, poems, and fables.

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

Answer: Roxbury and Boston

For over a year, Tide Mill Lane had been disrupted by the construction of a new dam across the Roxbury Flats, connecting quiet Roxbury to the big, bustling Boston. The dam road, "Western Avenue," opened in July with a parade, but the Tuckers first walked it in September, after moving.

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

Answer: Bayberries

Animal fat called tallow was used to make everyday candles, but for company and Sundays, bayberries were mixed with the tallow to make fragrant candles. The plain tallow candles smelled like fried salt pork. The bayberry candles smelled like pine needles and spice.

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

Answer: Bird

Will Payson worked as a striker for Charlotte's father in the smithy and boarded with the Tuckers. Charlotte enjoyed listening to Will because he respected her and had a vast knowledge of things that interested Charlotte, including birds.

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Auld Mary

Auld Mary always goes and helps with babies' births because she seems to know when the baby's going to come out. She seems to have a sixth sense.

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Fairlie

Fairlie was built by Edward McNab, Martha's ancestor, when he first came to Glen Caraid. The house was in a state of substantial disrepair when Martha's uncle moved into it. He was the first one to live in it for 30 or so years.

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: To worry

When Charlotte and Will were puzzled by how anxious Lucy was acting since the baby was born, Mama laughed and explained that the first bairn teaches its mother to worry. The second, third, and fourth bairns teach their mother to pray, laugh over spilled milk, and clean up spilled milk with one hand while stirring porridge with the other, respectively.

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

Answer: Miss Eaton's School For Young Ladies

Studying such things as tambour and French together at Miss Eaton's School For Young Ladies made Charlotte feel closer to her older sister, Lydia.

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

Answer: Christmas

Charlotte was surprised and mesmerized by a decorated fir tree in the Edsels' parlor on a visit in December. The Tuckers' German neighbors served special cookies and explained their Christmas traditions.

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

Answer: The Farmer's Almanack

"The Farmer's Almanack" was a helpful guide the Tuckers read for advice and information on matters such as elections, the weather, and gardening.

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Doune House

In the last book, 'Beyond the Heather Hills', Martha stays there with her sister, sister's father-in-law and later, her brother-in-law, too.

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: Master Jenkins

When Charlotte turned in her seat to see if Lydia was going to pass her their spelling book, Master Jenkins sent her to sit in the cold cloakroom. Charlotte noticed a button hanging off one of the larger coats and, thinking it was her classmate Albert Parrish's, she began to fix it. As she was finishing, Master Jenkins came in outraged to discover Charlotte meddling with his coat.

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

Answer: Leticia Gardner

After the Gardner's six year old daughter died, Leticia Gardner became angry with God. Confused and out of her mind with grief, she tore up the beautiful old Bible that had belonged to the First Church Of Roxbury for over fifty years. Leticia's husband, Samuel, donated a Bible from Boston as a replacement.

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

Answer: The peace treaty

In February, news of a peace treaty reached Roxbury and the town celebrated with an Illumination, lighting candles and lamps all throughout the common.

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

Answer: To see a fairy

After hearing her mother's story of the fairy's nursemaid, Charlotte made up her mind that she must see a fairy with her own eyes. Unaware of the many months it would actually take to travel across the sea, Charlotte thought she would make it to the fairies' native Scotland and back to Roxbury before dinner.

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: a piano

Martha gets wooden knitting needles during Hogmanay.

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Plums

In the beginning of the book Martha's Mum, Margaret, is telling her a story. Afterwards, her siblings all pile in and the room is noisy again. They are eating plums and the one that Robbie saves for her is bruised. Duncan offers her his, but she says no.

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: The Erie Canal

On the last day of school, Master Jenkins announced to the class that although his months with them had been delightful, he did not expect to return the following year because he was planning to go to New York. There, Master Jenkins hoped to participate in the building of the Erie Canal.

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

Answer: Surveying for the dam project

Charlotte and Mary did not know that the surveyor man they'd met was really their Uncle Duncan until they told Mama his story of accidentally drowning her doll, Lady Flora, when Duncan and Martha were children in Scotland.

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

Answer: Lewis

Lewis got a splinter in his finger while building a small forge for the mechanics' parade and picked at it, causing his finger to become infected.

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

Answer: Cookies

For Tom and Charlotte's first day of school, Mama packed them a dinner basket with bread, cheese, and ginger cookies. Carelessly, Tom threw his schoolbook into the basket and swung the basket around, resulting in a jumble of broken cookies that did not taste as good, to Charlotte, as whole cookies.

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Jacky

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