Laura Lee Hope writes "The Bobbsey Twins" Quiz

Answer: True

Actually Laura Lee Hope was a pseudonym for a number of writers. The Stratemeyer Syndicate were instrumental in a number of series such as the "Hardy Boys" and "Nancy Drew". Edward Stratemeyer is believed to have written the first books with various other writers contributing to the rest of the series.

There are a lot of inconsistencies through the series of books which confirms the different writers of them.

Answer: Six and twelve

Other than a couple of the earlier books the twins stayed the same age through their adventures, which was six and twelve. The first three books had the twins being eight and four, with the fourth book being nine and five. The syndicate then decided for all the subsequent books that the twins would be always six and twelve years old.

Answer: Flossie and Fredric

Both set of twins were fraternal twins and it was considered important that both sets of twins were one boy and one girl. Flossie and Fredric were the youngest of the Bobbsey twins, described as blonde haired and blue eyed children and kept at six years of age.

Answer: Richard and Mary

The Bobbsey Twins were children of a middle class family. The father Richard was an owner of a lumberyard whilst Mary was a stay at home mother.

Answer: Dinah

Dinah was the cook and sometimes described as a servant or a housekeeper and with her husband were featured in many of the stories although in a minor role.

Answer: Snap and Waggo

Snap was the older dog whilst Waggo was the younger one that was always getting into trouble.

Answer: Lakeport

The Bobbsey Twins live in Lakeport, which is fictional but believed to be located in the northeast as it snows there as referenced in the books.

Answer: True

Nan and Bert for the majority of the books were twelve years old. Both were described as dark haired and dark eyed. Bert was always the hero especially in winning the contests with the town bully whereas Nan was described as more serious and took on a maternal role for the younger twins.

Answer: Sam

Sam Johnson was Dinah's husband and took on quite a few roles within the books, being the odd job man and driver.

Answer: Danny Rugg

Danny Rugg was the same age as the older twins Nan and Bert. Danny featured in the first book as a bully and was portrayed throughout the series as an enemy of the Bobbsey Twins, always causing trouble or spoiling their day in some way.