Rose Cottage Trivia Quiz

Answer: Her grandmother asked her to visit

Kate Herrick had received a phone call from her grandmother, asking her to visit. Although she did not want to give details over the telephone, she did say that it had to do with Rose Cottage, Kate's childhood home.

Although Kate was a widow, her husband had been dead for over two years. She was a trained teacher, but at the time of the story had given up teaching and was working for a friend in a plant nursery.

Answer: Goddaughter

Annie Pascoe was Kate's godmother and had been the best friend of Kate's mother. Although a different generation, Annie was a good friend to both Kate and her grandmother.

Answer: Toad Hall

The adults had tried to stop the children using the name Toad Hall after they had read "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame in school, and failed.

Tod is an alternate name for the male or dog fox. Witches' Corner was the name given to the two cottages where three spinsters lived.

Answer: Tortoise belonging to Miss Linsey

Henry the tortoise laid an egg in the garden next door.

Bob Crawley was the policeman. Mr. Pascoe's first name was Jim. Muffin was the dog from the shop.

Answer: True

Kathy Welland was the illegitimate child of Lilias Welland and granddaughter of Mary, the old lady now living in Scotland.

Kate's husband, who had died during a bombing run near the end of the war, had not liked the name, Kathy.

Answer: Lilias, her mother

Lilias Ashby introduced herself as "Lil" and Kate had assumed that it was short for Lily. The sixteen year old told Kate that she had been named Lilias as her mother thought that she was the prettiest person that she had known. Lil Ashby said that her name was the prettiest thing about her.

Answer: In the garden

Kate's grandfather had been the gardener at Todhall. When the owners had insisted on removing the old fashioned roses to replace them with modern ones, he had transplanted as many as he could to the garden at "Rose Cottage".

The only artwork on the walls were Bible quotations done by Kate's great-aunt and a trio of flying ducks.

Answer: She was pregnant

The "Podgy Pris" of their girlhood had been replaced by "Slim Scilla". As Priscilla was three months pregnant, she admitted that her former name would soon be more apt.

Answer: Kate's mother is alive

Annie Pascoe had hoped for a long time that Kate and her son, Davey, would get married. Instead, Kate tells her that she and Davey had found proof that her mother was still alive and living in America two years after she was supposed to have died in a bus crash in Ireland.

Answer: George

Kate and Lilias met at Rose Cottage. After explaining what had happened to cause her family to believe that she was dead, Lilias answered questions about Kate's father.

Lilias had a teenage romance with a boy known by everyone as "Bunny", but she thought that his real name was George. Nobody else knew that, so when Miss Linsey brought the kitten for Kate and she was asked what name she would give him, he got the name that was on her mind; George.