On Tide Mill Lane Trivia Quiz

Answer: Not tell him she bought it

On the way to Mr. Stock's shop on Union Street, Mama explained to Charlotte that Papa was too modest to ever buy himself a new hat. Mama planned switch the old hat for the new hat and when Papa noticed, it would be too late to return the new hat.

Answer: Bayberries

Animal fat called tallow was used to make everyday candles, but for company and Sundays, bayberries were mixed with the tallow to make fragrant candles. The plain tallow candles smelled like fried salt pork. The bayberry candles smelled like pine needles and spice.

Answer: Christmas

Charlotte was surprised and mesmerized by a decorated fir tree in the Edsels' parlor on a visit in December. The Tuckers' German neighbors served special cookies and explained their Christmas traditions.

Answer: The peace treaty

In February, news of a peace treaty reached Roxbury and the town celebrated with an Illumination, lighting candles and lamps all throughout the common.

Answer: Lewis

Lewis got a splinter in his finger while building a small forge for the mechanics' parade and picked at it, causing his finger to become infected.

Answer: Smallpox

When Lydia commented that Lucy was not "a bit pretty" and wondered aloud why Will loved her, Mama scolded Lydia for "speakin' so cruelly" and told the children that Lucy and her father were the only survivors when the Keator family caught smallpox.

Answer: Martha had spoken rudely to her

According to the story Mama told her children, one day when she had been about eight years old, she spoke rudely to her mother and, as punishment, had to wear a short, thick twig tied to her tongue for an hour.

Answer: Her friend, Susan Custer, was moving

At Amelia Heath and Sam Dudley's wedding supper, Mama accidentally let it slip to Charlotte that the Custers were moving back to Boston.

Answer: Hurricane

One morning during haying time, Charlotte awoke to darkness and heavy rain. The wind and rain grew worse and the Tuckers sought shelter in their cellar, except Papa who stayed in the barn with their cows and sheep.

Answer: A wooden leg

After Will was shot in the leg by a Redcoat, doctors had had to take his leg off at the knee, so Will returned to Roxbury with a wooden leg. Despite Will's new handicap, Papa still wanted him to work in the smithy.