"The Blue Bottle Club" by Penelope J. Stokes Quiz

Answer: She wanted to do a TV report on them

In an old house that was being torn down, she discovered a blue bottle with a piece of paper in it. The paper was written by four girls -- Leticia, Adora, Mary Love, and Eleanor -- detailing their homes and dreams for the future. Brendan was intrigued and thought it would make a great TV special, so she set out to find them.

Answer: She wanted Brendan to talk to her

Brendan was able to speak with Dorothy, an old friend of Leticia's (also called Tish). Dorothy talked about Tish and how sad her life was, and just as Brendan was about to go home and give up, Dorothy admitted that Tish was alive. Brendan asked why she hadn't been told at the beginning. With a grin, Dorothy said that she was lonely and wanted someone to talk with.

Answer: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Brendan found Tish and heard her story. Tish's long-time boyfriend Phillip had preposed to Tish the night she had written out her dreams. She'd been expecting his invitation for quite some time, but was still thrilled.

Answer: Tish

Over the next few months, Tish's father became worried about the stock market. The Depression was beginning. One day, Tish walked into the library and found her father had hung himself.

Answer: Anger

She felt guilty being angry at God, and was surprised to find that her mom had felt the same way.

Answer: Teacher

When Tish's family lost all their money, Phillip said he felt that they were no longer a good match. Now that her dreams of marrying and having a family were shattered, she became a teacher, and loved it.

Answer: Adora

Last they had heard, Adora had died while away at school, but Tish knew the truth -- Adora's parents had just said that to cover up the fact that they daughter ran away from home. Adora was really alive and well.

Answer: Granddaughter

Dee was a woman with whom Brendan felt she could really be good friends.

Answer: Ballet

When Adora ran away to California to become a star, she found a boarding house, but Mrs. McIlwain, who ran the boarding house, said she only liked to take in girls who were interested in ballet. She made a "sepcial exception" for Adora because of Adora's church background. But it was later revealed that she really took in anyone who could pay.

Answer: She wasn't interested

Her mother had tried to teach her, but Adora had no interest whatsoever.

Answer: All of these

After Adora had a fling with a Hollywood big shot and wound up pregnant, she had no place to go. Looking for handouts, she went into Grace's restaurant. Grace fed Adora, heard her story, and offered to let her live and work there.

Answer: Nick

She lived the rest of her life content, getting small jobs at community theaters. She was able to give Brendan Ellie's address.

Answer: That she was a snob

Ellie's mother never understood why Ellie wanted to associate with Mary Love, a girl who had no money. However, when Mr. Cameron killed himself after losing both his family's and Ellie's family's money, Ellie's mother had a nervous breakdown and lived the rest of her life out of touch with reality.

Answer: Pisgah

Rome Tucker arrived at Ellie's house a few years later. He was hired as a worker and he and Ellie fell in love.

Answer: Killed her mother

She heard rumors that he had been accused of killing his ex-wife. He was alone with Ellie's mother when she had died, and Ellie began to wonder if Rome was everything he seemed to be, especially when he skipped town.

Answer: That he loved her

Catherine always thought that Rome was innocent, but Ellie wasn't so sure. As the years went by, Ellie tried to forget about Rome. She spent her time helping to turn her house into a retirement home, and found great pleasure in it.

Answer: Hazel

As Hazel was dying, she told Ellie not to ever stop loving -- that loving someone takes risk and sometimes hurts, but it's worth it.

Answer: survived

This was also something Hazel said.

Answer: Carbon monoxide poisoning

When she was tracking down Mary Love, who was currently living in Minnesota, Brendan got stuck in a blizzard. She stopped her car and let it keep running while she napped, waiting for the storm to end. A little later, a farmer and his son woke her up and informed her that if she had stayed there much longer, she could easily have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Answer: 10

She felt out of place in such a big family. No one really appreciated her.

Answer: Because Adriana loved God so much

When Mary Love was offered the chance to become a nun, she jumped at it -- anything to get away from her family. One of her close friends at the convent, Adriana, always seemed to be close to God. Mary Love envied that.

Answer: That they were a blasphemy

When Mother Margaret discovered Mary Love had been drawing in her spare time, she reported her to the Mother Superior, claiming that these drawings were blasphemous. One depicted the Virgin Mary, but it bore a strong resemblance to Mary Love's friend Adriana.

Another was of a peasant woman that looked strangely like one of the sisters at the convent. Mother Margaret was furious, but Mother Superior believed that the drawing talent was a gift from God.

Answer: New York City

A professional artist saw her work and was very impressed. He arranged to have an exhibit for her in New York City. She liked the city life at first, but finally decided it wasn't for her, and she'd rather go back to the convent.

Answer: Angelica

She lived in the convent the rest of her life, with her special studio, selling her paintings and giving the money to charity.

Answer: Dwaine

Dee persuaded Brendan to write the story as a book, and Brendan loved the idea. Dwaine was the man who had helped tear down the house the bottle was in. At first Brendan had seen him as just a camera-hungry workman.