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Quiz about Anne of Green Gables Avonlea Gossip

"Anne of Green Gables"- Avonlea Gossip Quiz

Anne Shirley's hometown of Avonlea is alive with gossip and rumour and interesting stories about minor characters! How much do you know about the world of Avonlea and its inhabitants?

A multiple-choice quiz by Jeowyn. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Jeowyn

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
279,111

Updated
Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. In chapter six, Marilla meets a woman named Mrs Blewett, whom she considers briefly giving Anne over to. She had heard rumours in Avonlea that Mrs Blewett was... what? Hint

as mean as second skimmings

as kind as summer

sharp eyed and sharped tongued

a terrible worker and driver

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Question 2 of 10

2. Anne caused a great deal of gossip in Avonlea when she went to church alone for the first time. What did she do that was so sensational? Hint

Told Miss Rogerson she thought it unfair that she should ask all the questions

Exclaimed aloud to herself during Mr Bentley's prayers

Went to church with wild flowers wreathed around her hat

Fell asleep while not paying attention to Mr Bell's prayers

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who did Anne report as nearly having fallen overboard from a dory at the Avonlea Sunday School picnic? Hint

Josie Pye

Diana Barry

Ruby Gillis

Jane Andrews

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which schoolgirl is clearly having a blatant love-affair with Mr Phillips, the Avonlea Schoolmaster? Hint

Susan Gillis

Prissy Andrews

Minnie Andrews

Tillie Boulter

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who charmed all her warts away with a magic stone that a French girl gave her? Hint

Ruby Gillis

Julia Bell

Jane Andrews

Carrie Sloane

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whose grandmother saw her husband driving the cows home one night- a year after he'd been buried? Hint

Moody Spurgeon Macpherson

Ruby Gillis

Jimmy Glover

Charlie Sloane

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why does Mrs Lynde think the minister's wife at Newbridge sets a bad example? Hint

she laughs and cries too easily

she dresses so fashionably

she's scandalously in love with her husband

she's addicted to dancing

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mr Marshall, a candidate for the Avonlea pulpit, wasn't married or even engaged. Why did Mrs Lynde think that was a bad idea? Hint

The young women might fall in love with him, and that would make trouble

He might seek a wife elsewhere and that would mean losing him in a very short time

He might marry into the congregation, and that would make trouble

Mrs Lynde thinks it's unnatural for a minister to be unmarried

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Question 9 of 10

9. Most of Avonlea's gossip comes from the kindly but meddling Mrs Lynde. What does Mrs Lynde think of Mr. Harmon Andrews, Jane's father? Hint

He's a perfect old crank, and meaner than second skimmings

He just lets his wife run the family

He drinks and neglects his family

He's cross and cantankerous and too strict with his children

10. When Gilbert heard that Marilla's eyes were bad and Anne wanted to stay near home while teaching, he gave her the Avonlea school, which had already been promised to him. Which school did he take instead? Hint

White Sands

Carmody

Newbridge

Lowvale

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In chapter six, Marilla meets a woman named Mrs Blewett, whom she considers briefly giving Anne over to. She had heard rumours in Avonlea that Mrs Blewett was... what?

Answer: a terrible worker and driver

"She knew Mrs Blewett only by sight... but she had heard of her... "a terrible worker and driver" Mrs Blewett was said to be..."

Marilla considers taking Anne back to the orphanage she came from, but Mrs Spencer, who had got Anne for her in Nova Scotia, suggests giving her to Mrs Blewett to raise Mrs Blewett's children instead. When Mrs Blewett arrives and Mrs Spencer blurts out the good news to her, Marilla makes up her mind. She couldn't give such a sensitive child like Anne, who had led such a miserable life, over to such a woman!

2. Anne caused a great deal of gossip in Avonlea when she went to church alone for the first time. What did she do that was so sensational?

Answer: Went to church with wild flowers wreathed around her hat

Anne caused a real sensation that day in defying the propriety of the day, though she didn't know any better and just thought the flowers would look pretty. Mrs Rachel Lynde told Marilla, and Marilla was horrified.

3. Who did Anne report as nearly having fallen overboard from a dory at the Avonlea Sunday School picnic?

Answer: Jane Andrews

In the movie it's Josie, but in the book, Jane Andrews is reaching out to pick water lilies and overbalances. Luckily her father was rowing the boat and reached out to grab her by the sash of her dress in the nick of time!

4. Which schoolgirl is clearly having a blatant love-affair with Mr Phillips, the Avonlea Schoolmaster?

Answer: Prissy Andrews

Yes, the master is "dead gone" on Prissy. Scandalous!

5. Who charmed all her warts away with a magic stone that a French girl gave her?

Answer: Ruby Gillis

Or so Diana tells Anne. Following an "incident" with the schoolmaster, Anne refuses to go to school, so Diana must fill Anne in on all the schoolyard gossip!

6. Whose grandmother saw her husband driving the cows home one night- a year after he'd been buried?

Answer: Charlie Sloane

Yes, it was the venerable old Mrs Sloane who saw her husband's phantom, and she's a very religious woman who wouldn't tell a lie for anything.

7. Why does Mrs Lynde think the minister's wife at Newbridge sets a bad example?

Answer: she dresses so fashionably

In those days, a minister's wife was meant to be a sober, temperate, placid little being who didn't pay much, if any, attention to making herself look pretty. Mrs Lynde is scandalised that the minister's wife in Newbridge always wears the most fashionable of clothes. Apparently, it sets a bad example!

8. Mr Marshall, a candidate for the Avonlea pulpit, wasn't married or even engaged. Why did Mrs Lynde think that was a bad idea?

Answer: He might marry into the congregation, and that would make trouble

As Anne says, Mrs Lynde is a far-seeing woman!

9. Most of Avonlea's gossip comes from the kindly but meddling Mrs Lynde. What does Mrs Lynde think of Mr. Harmon Andrews, Jane's father?

Answer: He's a perfect old crank, and meaner than second skimmings

Harmon Andrews plays a very small part in this book and those to follow, but there is little evidence shown of what Mrs. Lynde says.

Answer: White Sands

Such an action on Gilbert's part ended the Blythe-Shirley feud for all time. Hurrah!

Source: Author Jeowyn

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