Little House By Boston Bay Trivia Quiz

Answer: Molasses

The British blockade on Boston Harbor during the War of 1812 prevented any merchant ships from delivering molasses, among other things, to Roxbury. Charlotte was surprised when the molasses was missing from the family's cornmeal pudding, the meal reserved for the special Saturday night suppers.

Answer: Bird

Will Payson worked as a striker for Charlotte's father in the smithy and boarded with the Tuckers. Charlotte enjoyed listening to Will because he respected her and had a vast knowledge of things that interested Charlotte, including birds.

Answer: The Farmer's Almanack

"The Farmer's Almanack" was a helpful guide the Tuckers read for advice and information on matters such as elections, the weather, and gardening.

Answer: To see a fairy

After hearing her mother's story of the fairy's nursemaid, Charlotte made up her mind that she must see a fairy with her own eyes. Unaware of the many months it would actually take to travel across the sea, Charlotte thought she would make it to the fairies' native Scotland and back to Roxbury before dinner.

Answer: Cookies

For Tom and Charlotte's first day of school, Mama packed them a dinner basket with bread, cheese, and ginger cookies. Carelessly, Tom threw his schoolbook into the basket and swung the basket around, resulting in a jumble of broken cookies that did not taste as good, to Charlotte, as whole cookies.

Answer: A school verse

Part of a verse that Charlotte and Susan learned at school read "But he that learns his letters fair Shall have a Coach and take the Air." The girls took this to mean they would get to ride in a coach if they learned their ABCs.

Answer: Emmeline

Charlotte's friend, Susan, wished for a sister named Emmeline, but let Charlotte use the name for her clothespin doll when Susan got a baby brother.

Answer: Cayenne

Upset and distracted by the British attack on Washington City, Mama absentmindedly shook so much cayenne into the mixing bowl that it created a dust cloud. After her children reacted so strangely, Mama tasted a bite of the cheese herself and deemed unfit for even a pig.

Answer: Defense of Fort McHenry

Mr. Davis, a man from the Tucker's church, came into the smithy one fall day, waving a newspaper and announcing the British attack on Baltimore. In the newspaper was a poem by lawyer Francis Key called "Defense of Fort McHenry." The poem was set to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven" and later became the American national anthem.

Answer: Apple-paring

At fun apple-paring parties, the ladies peeled, cored, and sliced baskets of apples, and the older girls strung apple slices to hang from the rafters and dry (keeping longer than fresh apples). The younger children played a game called Apple Snap, which Charlotte won at the second party.