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Quiz about Across The Puddingstone Dam
Quiz about Across The Puddingstone Dam

Across The Puddingstone Dam Trivia Quiz


All about the fourth "Little House Charlotte Years" book, "Across The Puddingstone Dam", by Melissa Wiley.

A multiple-choice quiz by CalicoCharm. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
CalicoCharm
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
289,534
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
162
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Question 1 of 10
1. What book did Charlotte receive for her eleventh birthday? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What will the new dam connect? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What school did Charlotte and Lydia begin attending in June? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who destroyed the parish Bible? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was Duncan, or "Mack," doing in Roxbury? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What did Charlotte do when it was her turn to entertain Auntie Rho? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What horrible smell contributed to Papa's decision to move? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What was so special about the exterior of the new house? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. How did Charlotte's baby brother, George, die? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was Mama's secret? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What book did Charlotte receive for her eleventh birthday?

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".
2. What will the new dam connect?

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.
3. What school did Charlotte and Lydia begin attending in June?

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.
4. Who destroyed the parish Bible?

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.
5. What was Duncan, or "Mack," doing in Roxbury?

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.
6. What did Charlotte do when it was her turn to entertain Auntie Rho?

Answer: She told her a story

When Charlotte had to spend the night at Ellie Till's house during the blizzard, Ellie's bedridden great aunt, Auntie Rho, called for Charlotte to take a turn entertaining her. Charlotte chose to tell the story of Ivanhoe because it was exciting. Auntie Rho loved it, so Charlotte continued the story time even after the blizzard.
7. What horrible smell contributed to Papa's decision to move?

Answer: Rotten fish

Though sewage from Boston also stank up the drained tidal basin, the main stench was of rotten fish. The smell was so horrendous it even made the Tuckers' food taste terrible, becoming a last straw for Papa.
8. What was so special about the exterior of the new house?

Answer: It was painted

The Tuckers' new house in the oldest section of Roxbury was painted a "spotless, shining white" and the front door was a "vivid green." It was quite a change from the pine house on Tide Mill Lane that had been "weathered to a dark, streaky brown."
9. How did Charlotte's baby brother, George, die?

Answer: He had a sickness

The outbreak of sickness that plagued Roxbury in August of 1821 affected Charlotte and most of her siblings, but claimed the life of little Georgie.
10. What was Mama's secret?

Answer: She had lost four children

To help shake Charlotte out of her depression from George's death, Mama talked to her, revealing that she and Papa had lost three children before George- Betsy, Linus, and Nancy.
Source: Author CalicoCharm

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