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Melissa Wiley is the pen name of Melissa Anne Peterson, used as the author of two book series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's ancestors, "The Martha Years" and "The Charlotte Years".
6 Melissa Wiley quizzes and 60 Melissa Wiley trivia questions.
1.
  On Tide Mill Lane    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All about the second "Little House Charlotte Years" book, "On Tide Mill Lane", by Melissa Wiley.
Average, 10 Qns, CalicoCharm, May 21 08
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  Little House By Boston Bay    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All about the first "Little House: Charlotte Years" book, "Little House By Boston Bay", by Melissa Wiley.
Average, 10 Qns, CalicoCharm, May 21 08
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  "Little House in the Highlands"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the book 'Little House in the Highlands' written by Melissa Wiley. It features the childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother, Martha Morse.
Tough, 10 Qns, augusta123, May 21 08
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  The Road From Roxbury    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All about the third "Little House Charlotte Years" book, "The Road From Roxbury", by Melissa Wiley.
Average, 10 Qns, CalicoCharm, May 22 08
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  Across The Puddingstone Dam    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All about the fourth "Little House Charlotte Years" book, "Across The Puddingstone Dam", by Melissa Wiley.
Average, 10 Qns, CalicoCharm, May 21 08
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  The Life of Martha Morse    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
To all those who have read and enjoyed the full extent of the 'Little House' books, this is definitely for you! The following questions are only from The Martha Years by Melissa Wiley.
Average, 10 Qns, readermaniac, Jan 16 13
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trivia question Quick Question
What was so special about the exterior of the new house?

From Quiz "Across The Puddingstone Dam"




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Melissa Wiley Trivia Questions

1. In 'The Far Side of the Loch' what was the name of Martha's cook (whom they just called 'Cook')?

From Quiz
The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Margery Anne

Martha was making jam in the kitchen when the servants started acting, teasingly, like they were ladies. The maid curtsied to the cook, saying, "Lady Margery Anne."

2. Why did Charlotte and her siblings have to spend the night at the Waitts' house?

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: Lucy was going to have her baby

Squeezed in bed with her sisters at the Waitts' house, Charlotte could not sleep because of her concerns over Lucy. She soon realized that Mrs. Waitt was not surprised and Lydia was not worried about Lucy because Lucy was simply going into labor.

3. What book did Charlotte receive for her eleventh birthday?

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

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".

4. How did Mama plan to get Papa to keep his new hat?

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

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.

5. What did the blockade prevent the Tuckers from including in their Saturday supper?

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

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.

6. What is the name of Martha's doll?

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Lady Flora

Martha's brother, Duncan, accidentally drowns Lady Flora in Lake Caraid, while he puts her on his rickety boat as a passenger.

7. In 'The Far Side of the Loch', what was the name of the boy who gave Martha her hedgehog?

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Gerald Cameron

Gerald Cameron was the son of the the village weaver. He later married Nannie, Martha's house maid. He was very kind, even though he was homely, unlike his older brother, who was handsome, but snotty. His younger brother, Ian, was Martha's brother Duncan's school mate.

8. What was the Blue-back?

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: A speller

The Blue-back was the speller shared by Lydia, Tom, and Charlotte. Named for its blue-green cover, the Blue-back contained lists of spelling words to learn, reading passages, poems, and fables.

9. What will the new dam connect?

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

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.

10. What berries did Mama and Charlotte use to make candles for special occasions?

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

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.

11. About what kind of animal did Charlotte like to listen to Will talk?

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

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.

12. What is the old lady who helped Martha learn how to spin wool?

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Auld Mary

Auld Mary always goes and helps with babies' births because she seems to know when the baby's going to come out. She seems to have a sixth sense.

13. In 'The Far Side of the Loch', what was the name of the house across Loch Caraid that Martha's uncle and cousins moved into?

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Fairlie

Fairlie was built by Edward McNab, Martha's ancestor, when he first came to Glen Caraid. The house was in a state of substantial disrepair when Martha's uncle moved into it. He was the first one to live in it for 30 or so years.

14. According to Mama, what does the first bairn (baby) teach its mother?

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: To worry

When Charlotte and Will were puzzled by how anxious Lucy was acting since the baby was born, Mama laughed and explained that the first bairn teaches its mother to worry. The second, third, and fourth bairns teach their mother to pray, laugh over spilled milk, and clean up spilled milk with one hand while stirring porridge with the other, respectively.

15. What school did Charlotte and Lydia begin attending in June?

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

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.

16. What holiday did the Edsels introduce to Charlotte?

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

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.

17. What book did Charlotte's mother use to make sure the garden was coming along on schedule?

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

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.

18. In 'Across the Heather Hills', what was the name of the McDougal's Perth house?

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Doune House

In the last book, 'Beyond the Heather Hills', Martha stays there with her sister, sister's father-in-law and later, her brother-in-law, too.

19. Onto whose coat does Charlotte sew a button while banished to the school's cloakroom?

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: Master Jenkins

When Charlotte turned in her seat to see if Lydia was going to pass her their spelling book, Master Jenkins sent her to sit in the cold cloakroom. Charlotte noticed a button hanging off one of the larger coats and, thinking it was her classmate Albert Parrish's, she began to fix it. As she was finishing, Master Jenkins came in outraged to discover Charlotte meddling with his coat.

20. Who destroyed the parish Bible?

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

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.

21. The Illumination was in honor of what excitement?

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

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.

22. Why did Charlotte attempt to travel to Scotland on her own one spring morning?

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

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.

23. What did Martha's older sister, Grisie, recieve for her fifteenth birthday?

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: a piano

Martha gets wooden knitting needles during Hogmanay.

24. What fruit are Martha's brothers and sister eating in the first chapter of 'The Little House in the Highlands'?

From Quiz The Life of Martha Morse

Answer: Plums

In the beginning of the book Martha's Mum, Margaret, is telling her a story. Afterwards, her siblings all pile in and the room is noisy again. They are eating plums and the one that Robbie saves for her is bruised. Duncan offers her his, but she says no.

25. What did Master Jenkins hope to participate in building in New York?

From Quiz The Road From Roxbury

Answer: The Erie Canal

On the last day of school, Master Jenkins announced to the class that although his months with them had been delightful, he did not expect to return the following year because he was planning to go to New York. There, Master Jenkins hoped to participate in the building of the Erie Canal.

26. What was Duncan, or "Mack," doing in Roxbury?

From Quiz Across The Puddingstone Dam

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.

27. Who nearly died from a serious infection in his/her finger?

From Quiz On Tide Mill Lane

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.

28. What did Tom break in his and Charlotte's dinner basket?

From Quiz Little House By Boston Bay

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.

29. What is the name of the servant who steals a sip of Laird Morse's broth?

From Quiz "Little House in the Highlands"

Answer: Jacky

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