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Quiz about Little House in the Highlands

"Little House in the Highlands" Quiz

This quiz is about the book 'Little House in the Highlands' written by Melissa Wiley. It features the childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother, Martha Morse.

A multiple-choice quiz by augusta123. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
augusta123

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
75,113

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
354

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of Martha's doll? Hint

Lady Flora

Clarissa

Lady Caroline

Felicity

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the old lady who helped Martha learn how to spin wool? Hint

Auld Elizabeth

Auld Mary

Mrs. Baker

Lady Victoria

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Hogmanay? Hint

a hill where Duncan and Martha play Picts and Scots

Martha's favorite dessert

a holiday

the name of the village across Lake Caraid

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Martha's older sister, Grisie, recieve for her fifteenth birthday? Hint

a violin

a piano

wooden knitting needles

a tea service

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the servant who steals a sip of Laird Morse's broth? Hint

Jacky

Jackson

Jesse

Taylor

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is Martha's favorite food? Hint

almond-cream

haggis

cherry pudding

pigeon pie

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Question 7 of 10

7. After Martha had dirtied her dust-gown, playing Picts and Scots with her older brother, where did she hide it? Hint

under the china cabinet

under a pillow

under the bed

outside in a milk pail

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many siblings does Martha have? Hint

five

three

six

four

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is Martha's middle name? Hint

Nora

Eliza

Nanny

Grainne

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Question 10 of 10

10. What fairy tale did Martha's mother read to her? Hint

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Crofter's Daughter and the Wedding Dress

Sleeping Beauty

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of Martha's doll?

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.

2. What is the old lady who helped Martha learn how to spin wool?

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.

3. What is Hogmanay?

Answer: a holiday

At the end of the book, the Morse family comes together and celebrates Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year's Eve.

4. What did Martha's older sister, Grisie, recieve for her fifteenth birthday?

Answer: a piano

Martha gets wooden knitting needles during Hogmanay.

5. What is the name of the servant who steals a sip of Laird Morse's broth?

Answer: Jacky

6. What is Martha's favorite food?

Answer: haggis

Haggis is a Scottish dish consisting of a mixture of the minced heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep or calf mixed with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in the stomach of the animal. Martha was stuffing the haggis while Duncan was sailing his wooden boat with her doll, Lady Flora.

7. After Martha had dirtied her dust-gown, playing Picts and Scots with her older brother, where did she hide it?

Answer: under a pillow

Martha places the gown in Laird Alroch's guest bed under the pillow, not wanting her mother to see the dirty dust-gown. She forgets about the gown until Laird Alroch whispers to her that he found a picnic blanket of the Wee Folk, meaning her gown.

8. How many siblings does Martha have?

Answer: four

There's Grisie, Alisdair, Robbie, and Duncan.

9. What is Martha's middle name?

Answer: Grainne

10. What fairy tale did Martha's mother read to her?

Answer: The Crofter's Daughter and the Wedding Dress

Source: Author augusta123

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