American Girl: The "Felicity" Series Quiz

Answer: Her stays

Corsets were popular undergarments worn under clothes, meant to given women a fashionable shape and posture. Nowadays, people know that children should not wear corsets, as it can give them serious health problems.

Answer: The tannery

Felicity went to the tannery with Ben, Mr. Merriman's apprentice. At the tannery, they found Mr. Jiggy Nye, an old drunk, beating a horse that was bright as a new copper penny. Felicity yelled at Mr. Nye for beating the horse, and became determined to help the poor mare.

Answer: An apple

Book two opened up with Felicity sitting on the roof of her house, eating an apple. She was supposed to be picking apples from the ground, but found them much easier to pick from the top of the tree, perched up on the roof. It was either picking the apples, or making apple butter inside the hot, sticky kitchen with Mrs. Merriman - it was a no-brainer, really.

Answer: How to ride sidesaddle

Girls in Felicity's day didn't go to a normal school like girls do today. Instead, they went to finishing schools, schools where they learned to be a "proper" young lady. The book talks about Felicity learning all sorts of things from her teacher, except learning to ride sidesaddle, which would be something a proper young lady would do.

Answer: A dance lesson

Felicity received an invitation to a dance lesson at the governor's palace, courtesy of her teacher, Ms. Manderly. Although Felicity normally didn't enjoy wearing fancy gowns, she really wanted one made out of blue satin for the formal dancing lesson.

Her mother, a wonderful seamstress, tried to make it for her, but fell too ill to. In the end, Felicity learned that some things, like loyalty to family and friends, are more important than ball gowns.

Answer: Posey

Felicity was given a lamb for her birthday, which she named Posey. She also got her grandmother's antique guitar, which was very beautiful. However, she carelessly left it outside, where it almost was ruined. Grandfather was very disappointed in Felicity, and took it away from her temporarily, until she was old enough to take care of it properly.

Answer: False

Grandfather was alive and well in "Happy Birthday, Felicity". As a matter of fact, he went all the way to Williamsburg to visit her for her birthday! However, by the time "Changes for Felicity" came along, it was winter, and his old age had caught up with him. He died in the book, leaving Felicity and her family distraught.

Answer: Ben

Ben, who was an apprentice for Mr. Merriman, ran away to join the army. He wanted to fight against England for America's freedom. He got hurt though, and Felicity found him, secretly taking care of him until Ben made the right decision to come back home.

Answer: Mr. Cole

Mr. Cole, Elizabeth's father, got locked up in jail for being a Loyalist. A Loyalist was a person living in the thirteen colonies who believed that they should be loyal to the king, and to England. The Patriots wanted to have their own country, separate from the king. Soon, the conflict started the Revolutionary War between America and England. In 1783, America won, free from England.

Grandfather got Mr. Cole out of jail, and Felicity sent a care package to Jiggy Nye, who was in jail for reasons not mentioned in the book, and very sick.

Answer: Jiggy Nye

Penny was pregnant, and due to have a foal. But Felicity's father was away, and the foal was having trouble being born, so Felicity went to the one person whom she knew knew horses like the back of his hand: Mr. Jiggy Nye. He was out of jail by then, and indebted to Felicity for sending him the care package (which had medicine inside that saved his life), so he delivered the foal for her. Felicity named the foal Patriot.

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