This is the place to check your answers for the weekly American Girl Trivia you can answer each week on my right sidebar. The trivia is from the American Girl historical books.
I will post the question, possible answers, and then the answer. Have Fun, see you next week! :)
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Trivia Answers of 2012:
While visiting her grandfather's plantation,
Felicity discovers Ben injured and hiding in
the woods after finding the note he left for her
in the bird bottle. Why did Ben run away?
a. He wanted to join the Patriot army.
b. He disliked being a shopkeeper's apprentice.
c. He found Penny and was bringing the horse to Felicity.
The Answer is A.
Samantha and the twins get caught in a
terrible storm on the island and end up
saving Admiral Beemis. What had happened to him?
a. He was attacked by wild dogs.
b. His boat flipped over and he almost drowned.
c. He fell and hit his head on the rocks.
The Answer is C.
Will tells Kit and Sterling that hoboes
go to the "jungle" where they share food
they have earned and make hobo stew. What is the jungle?
a) The woodsy area in the park.
b) A camp under the railroad bridge.
c) The town square where hoboes look for work.
The Answer is B.
Molly's father, a doctor, is away in England
treating wounded soldiers in World War Two.
Where does Molly's mother go every day?
a. She works in a factory.
b. She volunteers at the Red Cross.
c. She teaches at Molly's school.
The Answer is B.
Trivia Answers of 2011:
Samantha was so delighted with the doll Cornelia
gave her for Christmas that she gave Cornelia a special box.
What was Samantha's secret about the box?
a) Samantha had originally made the box to give to Uncle Gard.
b) The box had once belonged to her mother.
c) Nellie had made the box when she worked in the factory.
The Answer is A.
Although Kit and Ruthie had an argument
before Christmas, Kit still gives Ruthie a
handmade Christmas present. What is it?
a) A crocheted Amelia Earhart doll
b) A black scottie dog pin
c) A story she wrote starring Princess Ruthie
The Answer is C.
Addy's name was short for Aduke, an African word that means...
a) Very wise
b) Truly brave
c) Much loved
d) Always strong
The answer is C.
At first, Samantha wasn't happy
about Cornelia's visit,but a morning of sledding
changed her mind. Why did Samantha resent
Cornelia in the beginning?
a) Samantha wasn't allowed to go to a party because Cornelia was visiting.
b) Cornelia insisted on decorating Grandmary's house herself.
c) Samantha was jealous that Uncle Gard spent so much time with Cornelia.
The answer is C.
When Kit's Uncle Hendrick breaks his ankle,
he moves in with the Kittredges. Why does
Kit argue with the grouchy old man?
a) He doesn't think they should take in boarders.
b) He thinks hoboes are lazy and refuse to work.
c) He believes no one ever will hire Kit's dad.
The Answer is B.
Kirsten's Papa's favorite saying was "Don't lose _________."
a) Hope
b) Your way
c) Heart
The Answer is C.
True or False? Julie's dad traveled a lot
because he was in the air force.
The Answer is False. Julie's dad was an airline pilot, but wasn't in the air force.
Felicity is honored to be invited to the
dance lesson at the Governor's Palace.
Who escorts Felicity to the Palace?
a) Ben, despite his opposition to the governor.
b) Annabelle and Elizabeth's father, although he is Loyalist.
c) Her mother, who has made a full recovery thanks to Felicity's care.
The Answer is A.
Poppa makes homemade ice cream for Addy's birthday
party, and M'dear gives her a gift to remind her to
"always let her spirit sing out." What is the gift?
a) A Union flag.
b) A music book filled with songs of freedom.
c) Two yellow canary feathers tied with ribbon
The Answer is C.
Rebecca has many members of her
family including her brothers and sisters.
What is her oldest brother's name?
a) Max
b) Victor
c) Benny
The Answer is B.
Tatlo, Kaya's pup, joined in the fun,
running with the girls as they
played a stickball game.
How did Tatlo become Kaya's pup?
a) Tatlo was Swan Circling's pup.
b) Lone Dog left Tatlo behind when she went far away from camp.
c) Tatlo followed Kaya when she escaped the enemy camp.
The Answer is B.
Molly is thrilled when she gets
the part of Miss. Victory, but it turns out
she can't perform after all. Why not?
a) Molly can't wear her glasses to play the part, and can't see without them.
b) Molly gets sick on the day of the show.
c) The show is cancelled because the soldiers are coming home.
The Answer is B.
Kit is humiliated when Aunt Millie
comes to her school. What does Aunt Millie
do that embarrasses Kit?
a) Shows the students how to make dandelion soup.
b) Tries to sell chicken eggs to the teacher.
c) Invites everyone to a penny-pincher party.
The Answer is C.
On Samantha's tenth birthday, Cornelia's twin sisters
convinced Mrs. Hawkins to make petit fours
for the party. What are petit fours?
a) Chocolate filled with jelly.
b) Tiny cakes.
c) Star-shaped cookies.
The Answer is B.
Although Felicity prefers outdoor activities,
her mother sends her to Miss Manderly
to learn to be a gentlewoman. What embarrassing event
happens during her first lesson?
a) Felicity trips and lands on Annabelle's lap.
b) Felicity arrives with her petticoat covered in mud.
c) Felicity's loose tooth falls out and plops in her tea.
The Answer is C.
When Molly's school hosts a Lend-a-Hand contest,
Molly, Linda, and Susan trudge
through the rain to collect bottletops.
What are the rest of the girls doing?
a) Weeding a muddy Victory Garden.
b) Trying to knit socks.
c) Burning a batch of cookies.
The Answer is B.
Kirsten and Lars find a cave where
Old Jack, a trapper, had lived.
Old Jack is now dead, but they find something valuable.
What do they find?
a) Animal pelts.
b) Gold nuggets.
c) A deed to the land.
The Answer is A.
As the Montoya family gets ready for a fiesta,
Josefina and Tia Dolores use an outdoor baking oven
called a horno to bake what?
a) Loaves of bread.
b) Clay ornaments.
c) Fresh salmon.
The Answer is A.
Why is their vegetable garden important
to Addy and her family?
a) They can trade the vegetables for clothing and tools.
b) They can eat the vegetables to grow strong and healthy.
c) They can sell the vegetables to get money to search for Sam and Esther
The answer is C.
Felicity's father angers other men in Williamsburg
by refusing to sell tea in his store.
Why did this protest of the
unfair tea tax make the men mad?
After Sterling moved into her bedroom,
Kit had to sleep in the attic. How did
she decorate her new sleeping alcove?
a) Like a tree house
b) In pink and white
c) Like a newsroom
The answer is A.
Thousands of Indian families gather
at Celilo Falls in the summer for salmon fishing.
Kaya joins the other girls from many
different families to play what stickball game?
a) Shinny
b) Croquet
c) Wicket
The answer is C.
Samantha forms Mount Better School
in order to help Nellie move up to third grade.
Which subject is Nellie already good at?
a) Geography, because her family had moved around a lot.
b) Math, because she often did the shopping for her mother.
c) Penmanship, because she loves to doodle letters in her books.
The answer is B.
Trivia Answers of 2010:
Josefina and her sisters are saddened when Tia Dolores
decides to move to her parents' home in Santa Fe.
What does Josefina think might make her stay?
a) If all four sister beg her not to leave.
b) If Ana asks Tia Dolores to be her sons' teacher.
c) If Papa asked Tia Dolores to marry him.
The answer is C.
In a Confederate soldiers' camp, Addy is terrified
that the soldiers would capture her. Why don't they?
a) They think she is a boy because she is wearing a disguise.
b) They are grateful to her because she helps the injured soldiers.
c) The drunken soldiers never wake up as she creeps through camp.
The answer is A.
Felicity enjoyed helping in her father's store
in Williamsburg. When a customer,
Mrs. Fitchett arrived, why was Felicity pleased?
a) Mrs. Fitchett always spent a lot of money at Father's store.
b) Mrs. Fitchett usually had interesting gossip to share.
c) It gave Felicity an excuse to stay and help instead of going home to work on her stitchery.
The answer is C.
Kit is proud when the Newspaper prints her letter
to the Editor, along with photos she took at the soup kitchen.
What is the happy result of her letter?
a) A man who reads it gives her father a job.
b) Uncle Hendrick is so mad her moves out of the house.
c) People donate shoes and coats for the children.
The answer is C.
Samantha becomes friends with Nellie,
a 9-year-old girl who works for her neighbors.
How do Samantha and Nellie secretly communicate?
a) They write letters in invisible ink.
b) They talk into cans attached by string.
c) They leave presents for each other next to the lilac hedge.
The answer is B.
Kirsten surprises her family with a St. Lucia
celebration at Christmastime.
Why does she think that this Christmas is
even better than when she lived in Sweden?
a) She likes living in her new home with her cousins.
b) The family is able to afford more presents in America.
c) She wasn't able to go to school in Sweden.
The answer is A.
Trivia answers of 2009:
When Molly and her sister Jill
find a package on the porch filled
what do they do with it?
After Josefina's goat Florecita died, Josefina cared for her baby
by keep the tiny goat warm and teaching her to drink milk.
Where did Josefina and the kid sleep?
a) In a bed of hay in the goats' pen.
b) In Tia Dolores's room.
c) In the bunk above the kitchen hearth.
The answer is C.
Miss. Winston comes to live with Kirsten's cousins,
and they all get to know her better.
Why did Miss Winston leave her home
in Maine to become a teacher?
a) She wanted to travel and have adventures.
b) Her parents died and left her penniless.
c) She wanted to marry a man that lived in Minnesota.
The answer is A.
Kit's mother is proud when Kit surprises her
with money to pay for the electric bill.
Where did Kit get the money?
a) Kit shined shoes in town square.
b) Kit earned it for working for her fussy Uncle Hendrick.
c) Kit sold food she recieved from the soup kitchen.
The answer is B.
Addy is looking forward to finally being able to go to school.
After studying hard, why does Addy win a gold medal?
While playing Color War at camp
Molly and Susan's teammates are captured by Linda's team.
How does Molly distract Linda, so that Susan can free their team?
a) Molly Dumps worms on Linda's head.
b) Molly throws a rock in the woods so that Linda thinks that's where they are.
c) Molly splashes around in the water so that Linda thinks she can't swim.
The answer is A.
One morning while fetching water by the stream,
Kirsten sees a young Indian girl.
The two become friends before they even meet. How?
a) They wave and smile from across the stream.
b) They write messages, in English, in the sand.
c) They exchange small gifts, taking one and leaving another, for days.
The answer is C.
Although Kaya is very anxious to
escape the enemy camp,
there is one fact that is troubling her.
What is upsetting Kaya about her escape
a) She has grown fond of Otter Woman and will miss her when she's gone.
b) She must leave Speaking Rain, her blind sister, behind in the enemy camp.
c) She is afraid Two Hawks might tip off the enemy rather than escape with her.
The answer is B.
Dressed as a boy, Kit hops a boxcar
with Will and Stirling, but they are arrested!
How does Kit get out of jail so she can go get help for the boys?
a) She pretends to be sick and climbs out of the bathroom window.
b) She shows the sheriff she's a girl and he lets her out.
c) She uses her hairpin to unlock the cell door when no one is looking.
The answer is A.
Kirsten Larson and her family have traveled
across the ocean from Sweden to America.
What is the name of the ship they sailed on?
a) The Eagle
b) The Cloud
c) Loyalty
The answer is A.
Samantha had never wanted to go to Teardrop Island
because that is where her parents had died.
What changes her mind?
a) Samantha finds her mother's sketches of the beautiful place.
b) Samantha reads her mother's diary and finds out how much she loved the waterfall.
c) Gard tells Samantha how much fun they used to have on the island.
The answer is A.
Felicity follows in her father's footsteps by politely refusing
to drink tea at her lessons.
She also changes the stitchery on her sampler
from the king's red crown to what?
a) Her father's favorite roses
b) A plump red apple in memory of Penny
c) A red Virginia cardinal
The answer is C.
After a long seperation, Kaya is finally reunited with Steps High,
only to fear she will lose her again
to the fire raging around them.
Why does Steps High go back into the fire?
a) To save her foal
b) To save Toe-ta, Kaya's father
c) Because she panics and runs wild
The answer is A.
Before Molly's party, she and Emily get into a huge fight.
What was the fight about?
a) Which English princess is better Margaret or Elizabeth
b) Whether England or America is more important in the war
c) Whether a fighter plane is an enemy plane or American
The answer is B.
During the storm,
Josefina ignores her fear of lightening
and helps her sisters and Tia Dolores pick vegetables in the garden.
What awakens them that stormy night?
a) The sound of horses hooves as their father rides out of the village
b) Ana's sons crying because they were afraid of the thunder
c) The church bells ringing, which signaled danger
The answer is C.
Addy works hard helping her parents
plant seeds in a vegetable garden.
Where is the garden?
a) In a small plot they rented that has rich soil
b) On the rooftop of their boarding house
c) In the church courtyard, which is shared by members
The answer is A.
When Samantha is preparing her speech on progress,
her Uncle Gard suggests that automobiles
are the best invention.
What does Samantha like more than automobiles?
a) Roller Skates
b) Bicycles
c) Horses
The answer is C.
During Christmas season, Kirsten and Papa get
lost in a snow storm when they
go on a journey to get their trunks.
Where did they find shelter during the storm?
a) A teepee in the Indian village
b) A cave where Kirsten had played with Singing bird
c) The one-room schoolhouse
The answer is B.
Kit is excited to meet Will,
a young hobo who tells her of his adventurous
life riding the rails. How did Will
know the Kittredges would be kind to him?
a) A hobo had drawn a cat on their fence post
b) He watched how Aunt Millie cared for the Chickens
c)He saw Kit at the soup kitchen
The answer is A.
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