Lanie Holland: An American Girl Quiz

Answer: Boston, Massachusetts

The Holland family lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Their house is three stories high with little decks and big windows. Lanie's mom, being an architect, redesigned the inside of the house along with convenience devices due to the height.

Answer: Indonesia

Dakota, Lanie's best friend, has gone to Indonesia with her parents for six months. Her father is studying the rainforest, the home of orangutans. Dakota and Lanie communicate via email.

Answer: Ornithologist

An ornithologist is a scientist who studies birds. Aunt Hannah listens to birdcalls, studying and analyzing them. She teaches Lanie a few birdcalls, including the Carolina Wren, the black-capped chickadee, and the common yellowthroat.

Answer: tea kettle, tea kettle!

The Carolina wren's birdcall sounds like "tea kettle". "Hey sweetie" is what the black-capped chickadee's birdcall sounds like. "Wichity" is the birdcall of the common yellowthroat, and "queer" is a robin's and/or scarlet tanger's.

Answer: Fruits

Lanie and Aunt Hannah transform the plain backyard to a backyard full of wonder. They plant wildflowers and milkweed to attract butterflies--particularly monarchs--and other wildlife.

Answer: Ms. Marshall

Mr. James is Lanie's fourth grade teacher. Ms. Marshall is Lanie's new next-door neighbor. She and Lanie did not start off on good terms. Ms. Marshall owns a cat named Caesar (whom Lulu, Lanie's pet rabbit, nearly attacks). The wildflower garden Lanie and Aunt Hannah planted seemed to upset her.

She thought it was ugly compared to the neatly organized roses she had gardeners plant. Later on, Ms. Marshall began to tolerate the Holland's backyard and actually began liking it.

Answer: Because Emily "ruined" Lanie's science journal.

Aunt Hannah had to go to Costa Rica at last-minute to fill in for another person. Lanie was upset because her aunt and best friend were having real adventures, and she was stuck home in Boston. Later, Emily shows Mrs. Holland and Lanie how she "helped" Lanie with her field notes, and that was the last straw for Lanie.

Answer: True

At the community gardens, Lanie meets Nicholas when he states the fact. They become friends and tell each other nature facts.

Answer: 2,000

Monarch butterflies migrate 2,000 miles from the U.S. and Canada to Mexico--and back. In Mexico, hundreds of them rest on trees. When spring/summer comes, the monarchs migrate back and lay the eggs of their young on milkweed. They do not eat the milkweed--the caterpillars do. Now that naturally-growing milkweed is almost rare, people now grow milkweed for monarch butterflies.

Answer: Organizing a garden festival.

Lanie wanted to raise awareness of the orangutans, monarch butterflies, and taking care of nature. At first, it seemed impossible. But with some help from Dakota, Lanie finds her voice and speaks up.