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Luvvy and the Girls Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz based on the novel by Natalie Savage Carlson. It is based on the life of a twelve year old girl and her first year of a Catholic boarding school in Maryland USA.

A multiple-choice quiz by historygirl123. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
historygirl123

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
300,559

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
149

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How many of Luvvy's half sisters are attending the academy with her? Hint

Two

Three

One

None, she has only full sisters.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of Luvvy's best friend? Hint

Agatha

Mary Letitia

Amy

Mabel

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the title of Luvvy and other girls her age? Hint

Very Big Girls

Very Little Girls

Little Girls

Big Girls

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these is attributed to Big Girls? Hint

Ten cents allowance

Being in grade seven or eight

Wearing a black apron

Sitting in the front pews

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Question 5 of 10

5. What cannot be bought for five cents uptown on Saturday? Hint

ice cream cone

bag of candy

two pickles

meringue

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Question 6 of 10

6. What language did the nuns wish the girls to speak during meals? Hint

Spanish

French

Italian

German

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of Luvvy's baby brother? Hint

Trent Jr.

Clay Jr.

Mathew Jr.

Mark Jr.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which illness does Agatha catch after the trip to the cemetery? Hint

measles

smallpox

a bad cold

pneumonia

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Question 9 of 10

9. What poem does Luvvy recite at the Commencement? Hint

"The Arab's Farewell to His Steed"

"There is Another Sky"

"The Road not Taken"

"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the book, that Luvvy receives at the Commencement, from? Hint

Mother Mary Austin

Sister Veronica

Sister Mary Clare

Miss Font le Roy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many of Luvvy's half sisters are attending the academy with her?

Answer: Two

Luvvy has a 17 year old half sister, Hetty, and a 14 year old half sister, Betsey. She also has a half sister, Regina, who graduated the year before and two younger sisters: Marylou, who is still at home and Maudie, who passed away.

2. What is the name of Luvvy's best friend?

Answer: Agatha

Agatha is an orphan, who lives at the convent with her aunt. Mary Letitia, Luvvy thought, would make a great friend because of all the racehorses her family owns, but she turns out to be afraid of horses, a great passion of Luvvy's. Mabel is just another Little Girl who is part of Luvvy's circle of friends.

3. What is the title of Luvvy and other girls her age?

Answer: Little Girls

Next year Luvvy will be considered a Big Girl. There is no such title as Very Big Girls.

4. Which of these is attributed to Big Girls?

Answer: Ten cents allowance

Luvvy, as a Little Girl, only gets five cents allowance.

5. What cannot be bought for five cents uptown on Saturday?

Answer: meringue

The first Saturday, the three half sisters decide to pool their money. They buy two ice cream cones, two pickles and five cents worth of operas candy. They were going to buy ten cents worth of candy but they misplaced a nickle, which was later found in Hetty's pocket. Meringues cost 25 cents.

6. What language did the nuns wish the girls to speak during meals?

Answer: French

The girls aren't very good at French and so they speak Pig Latin. When discovered by the nuns, they must sit on the penance bench for half an hour.

7. What is the name of Luvvy's baby brother?

Answer: Clay Jr.

Luvvy is extremely excited about her new brother. Agatha even makes him a cap in secret.

8. Which illness does Agatha catch after the trip to the cemetery?

Answer: pneumonia

Agatha is on death's door, before she recovers. Luvvy prays very hard for Agatha to get better.

9. What poem does Luvvy recite at the Commencement?

Answer: "The Arab's Farewell to His Steed"

She does a great job and receives a book. Amy wins the medal for deportment that Luvvy wanted, but Luvvy is not too upset.

10. Who was the book, that Luvvy receives at the Commencement, from?

Answer: Sister Mary Clare

Luvvy receives this book for excellence in composition and rhetoric. "For a budding author from her appreciative teacher" reads the inscription.

Source: Author historygirl123

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