Good Wives Trivia Quiz

Answer: John Brooke

John Brooke, tutor to Laurie who lived next door, admired Meg for a long time before he proposed to her. He felt that she was very young and that he was not wealthy enough to support them.

When he found that she shared his feelings they became engaged and agreed to marry in three years time.

Answer: Dove-cote

Dove-cote was a small house with a garden behind it and a lawn in front.
It was simply furnished but really homely, with books, flowers and home-made gifts scattered around the rooms.

Answer: Margaret and John Laurence

The twins were a boy named John Laurence, to be called Demi (short for Demijohn) and a girl named Margaret, to be called Daisy to distinguish her from her mother and grandmother.

At first Meg was so involved with the babies that John felt quite left out but this was solved when Hannah came in each day to help.

Answer: New York

Jo got a job with a Mrs Kirke, who kept a boarding house, to help her and to teach her two girls. She had independence and was still able to keep up with her writing.She had stories accepted for publishing and planned to write a novel.

One of the first people she met there was Professor Bhaer, from Berlin, who was educating his two orphaned nephews, Franz and Emil. He taught students who came to him to learn German.

Answer: Organised his books

Professor Bhaer was a loveable eccentric, who was very untidy and forgot where he put things, but was very fond of the children he taught.

In return for what she did he agreed to teach Jo German.

Answer: Mr Dashwood

Mr Dashwood was editor of the 'Weekly Volcano' and Jo called on him to offer him one of her stories. He accepted it with some alterations to it. He encouraged her to write romances without any moral reflection in them and this she did.

When the Professor found out he told her she was capable of much better, more serious writing.

Answer: Open a school

Jo had come home again from New York and was missing the Professor. One evening there was a knock at the door and there he stood. They became friendly and eventually were engaged to be married.

Jo had been left her aunt's house, Plumfield, which was big enough for their plans to open a school for poor boys.

Answer: She died

When the Hummel children were small they had scarlet fever and Beth caught it from them and had it very severely. Although she recovered she was always frail and eventually died when she was only nineteen.

Of the four girls Beth was always the quietest, shyest and best behaved and seemed to fulfil the saying that the good die young.

Answer: Amy

Amy had always been interested in art and was a skilled painter. She had the opportunity to travel in France and Italy and see the works of the great artists.

Just before Christmas she met Laurie in the Jardin Publique. He was impressed with her behaviour as a young lady and they met often and went about together.

Answer: In a boat on a lake

They were rowing on the lake when Laurie asked Amy to marry him. She agreed and they were married in Europe and surprised the family when they came home as man and wife. However, everyone was delighted.