Across The Puddingstone Dam Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ivanhoe

When Charlotte turned eleven in the spring of 1820, Mama and Papa gave her Sir Walter Scott's new adventure novel, "Ivanhoe". Charlotte kindly decided to share it, asking Mama to read it aloud to the whole family when they finished "Robinson Crusoe".

Answer: Roxbury and Boston

For over a year, Tide Mill Lane had been disrupted by the construction of a new dam across the Roxbury Flats, connecting quiet Roxbury to the big, bustling Boston. The dam road, "Western Avenue," opened in July with a parade, but the Tuckers first walked it in September, after moving.

Answer: Miss Eaton's School For Young Ladies

Studying such things as tambour and French together at Miss Eaton's School For Young Ladies made Charlotte feel closer to her older sister, Lydia.

Answer: Leticia Gardner

After the Gardner's six year old daughter died, Leticia Gardner became angry with God. Confused and out of her mind with grief, she tore up the beautiful old Bible that had belonged to the First Church Of Roxbury for over fifty years. Leticia's husband, Samuel, donated a Bible from Boston as a replacement.

Answer: Surveying for the dam project

Charlotte and Mary did not know that the surveyor man they'd met was really their Uncle Duncan until they told Mama his story of accidentally drowning her doll, Lady Flora, when Duncan and Martha were children in Scotland.

Answer: She told her a story

When Charlotte had to spend the night at Ellie Till's house during the blizzard, Ellie's bedridden great aunt, Auntie Rho, called for Charlotte to take a turn entertaining her. Charlotte chose to tell the story of Ivanhoe because it was exciting. Auntie Rho loved it, so Charlotte continued the story time even after the blizzard.

Answer: Rotten fish

Though sewage from Boston also stank up the drained tidal basin, the main stench was of rotten fish. The smell was so horrendous it even made the Tuckers' food taste terrible, becoming a last straw for Papa.

Answer: It was painted

The Tuckers' new house in the oldest section of Roxbury was painted a "spotless, shining white" and the front door was a "vivid green." It was quite a change from the pine house on Tide Mill Lane that had been "weathered to a dark, streaky brown."

Answer: He had a sickness

The outbreak of sickness that plagued Roxbury in August of 1821 affected Charlotte and most of her siblings, but claimed the life of little Georgie.

Answer: She had lost four children

To help shake Charlotte out of her depression from George's death, Mama talked to her, revealing that she and Papa had lost three children before George- Betsy, Linus, and Nancy.