| A | B |
|---|
| time setting | pre-American Revolution |
| place setting | Boston |
| Johnny's master | Mr. Lapham |
| Johnny was training to be a | silversmith |
| Johnny's main character flaw | pride |
| godly man | Mr. Lapham |
| sickly child | Isannah |
| took care of Isannah | Cilla |
| purposely gave Johnny a broken crucible | Dove |
| lazy | Dove |
| ignorant | Dusty |
| boss of the loft | Johnny |
| Johnny's name | Jonathan Lyte Tremain |
| took Johnny in after his injury | Rab |
| Mr. Lapham wouldn't make the item because | he would have had to work on the Sabbath. |
| crucible | an instrument to mold the silver |
| belligerent | likely to argue or fight |
| chagrin | to distress by disappointment or humiliation |
| enigmatical | puzzling |
| exuberant | enthusiastic |
| fatuous | silly; foolish |
| flaccid | without energy; limp |
| nonchalantly | in a way that shows casual indifference |
| unobtrusively | without being noticed |
| venerable | worthy of respect or awe |
| commandeer | to take for military purposes |
| divulge | to reveal |
| dun | to pester for payment |
| gesticulate | to make gestures with the hands, usually while speaking |
| inflammatory | likely to excite or upset |
| inundate | to overwhelm |
| lamentably | regrettably |
| paroxysm | emotional fit |
| proximity | near location |
| converge | to come together in a single point or focus |
| dilapidated | in poor condition |
| dilatory | causing delay |
| disconsolately | in a downcast or cheerless manner |
| inebriated | drunk |
| lassitude | fatigue; lack of energy |
| maudlin | sentimental |
| punctilious | with great attention to detail |
| sedition | rebellion against the government |
| On what wharf did Johnny work? | Hancock's Wharf |
| How old was Dusty Miller? | 11 |
| What was Dove's first name? | It had long been forgotten. |
| How old was Johnny at the beginning? | 14 |
| How old was Dove at the beginning? | 16 |
| Dove hated | to be bossed by the younger Johnny |
| worshipped Johnny and did not like Dove | Dusty |
| The Lapham's well was | brackish |
| Why was the well brackish? | They lived on the edge of the sea. |
| golden hair | Isannah |
| loved to banter and bicker with Johnny | Cilla and Isannah |
| How many rooms were in the Lapham house | 4 |
| Madge was how old at the beginning? | 18 |
| coarse-grained, red-faced, thick-waisted | Madge |
| How old was Dorcas? | 16 |
| thirsted for elegance | Dorcas |
| tried to be fashionable | Dorcas |
| "painfully prissy, proper" | Dorcas |
| Johnny was expected to marry whom when he grew up? | Cilla |
| "hardly worth the bother to raise" according to her mother | Isannah |
| could not read | Madge and Dorcas |
| anxious to learn to read | Cilla |
| Helped Cilla read | Johnny |
| Mr. Lapham's verses for Johnny were always about | pride |
| Mr. Lapham's weakness | He never wrote down what was ordered or listened very carefully |
| What did Mr. Hancock wish to order? | a sugar basin |
| Johnny's initials | J.L.T. |
| take care of Isannah when she is ill | Johnny and Cilla |
| Johnny's mother's work | sewing |
| Johnny's family had lived in | Maine |
| taught Johnny to read and write | his mother |
| Johnny's mother's name | Lavinia Lyte |
| What possession did Johnny's mother leave him? | a cup |
| When was Johnny supposed to go to the Lytes? | if there is not one thing left for you and you have no trade and no health, and God Himself has turned away His face from you" |
| Where did Johnny keep the cup? | in the attic |
| What was the crest of the Lytes? | an eye rising up from the sea |
| What was the motto of the Lytes? | "Let there be Lyte" |
| To whom did Johnny go to for advice about his silversmithing? | Paul Revere |
| Why didn't Mrs. Lapham let Cilla go for the doctor immediately? | because they would get in trouble for working on the Sabbath |
| Where was Johnny kept when he was injured? | in the birth and death room |
| What was wrong with Johnny's hand? | his thumb had grown to his palm |
| journeyman silversmith of Baltimore | Percival Tweedie |
| Where Cilla would put food for Johnny | in his jacket |
| liked limes | Cilla |
| What did Mr. Hancock give Johnny? | enough copper to provide him food for days |
| Why did Mr. Hancock give Johnny money? | because Johnny made him feel guilty about not hiring hiim after Johnny injured his hand on his work |
| What new food disappointed Johnny? | coffee |
| What new food was better than Johnny had hoped? | chocolate |
| Where would Johnny dine? | Afric Queen |
| When Mrs. Lapham sees Johnny with the shoes, what does she think? | that he stole them |
| What did Johnny buy for Isannah? | a picture book and crayons |
| What did Isannah say that hurt Johnny's feelings? | "Don't touch me!" |
| Where would the signal light be? | Christ's Church |
| What did Rab give Johnny? | clothes--a shirt and a jacket |
| How did Johnny prove himself innocent? | Cilla testified that she had seen the cup. The date was earlier than Mr. Lyte had reported it stolen. |
| How old was Isannah? | 8 going on 9 |
| How does Isannah finally show her love for Johnny? | She kissed his hand after the trial. |
| How had Rab gotten Cilla to court? | He showed the illiterate Mrs. Lapham an official seal (for something else) and she let Cilla go. |
| Johnny finally gets hired as a | rider. |
| Goblin | a horse |
| Johnny ended up working for | Mr. Lorne |
| What does Cilla offer to do for Johnny's horse? | pump water |
| What was the plan for Johnny and the girls to meet? | They would meet on Thursdays and Sundays at the water pump. |
| How much was the tea tax? | three-pence per pound |
| What company sold the tea? | East India Company in London |
| On what ship was the tea? | Dartmouth |
| What was the group of conspirators called? | The Observers' Club |
| Where was the Observers' Club membership kept? | There was no list. |
| How many people were in the Observers' Club? | 22 |
| Where did the Observers' Club meet? | in Rab's and Johnny's attic |
| What happened to Dusty? | He ran away to sea. |
| The tea attackers dressed up like | Indians. |
| Who was the only rebel who showed no signs of the "hard physical strain he had been under all the night before"? | Paul Revere |
| What did Paul Revere do the day after the tea party? | He rode to New York and Philadelphia with an account of the tea party. |
| Tories | loyal to the king |
| How did Johnny earn extra money? | He overcharged the British officers. |
| What did Johnny do with the extra money? | gave it to Aunt Lorne for food. |
| Dorcas married | Frizel, Junior as soon as Mr. Tweedie declared for her |
| How old is Cilla at the end of the book? | 15 |
| Who took a fancy to Isannah? | Lavinia Lyte |
| Where does Cilla now live? | While Isannah is at the Lytes, Cilla works in the kitchen. |
| Izzy | Lavinia's name for Isannah |
| What did Johnny find at Mr. Lyte's? | a Bible with the family tree in it |
| Why did the Lytes leave? | Mr. Lyte was afraid of the revolution, he wanted to go back to England to do business. |
| Where did Johnny find his mother's name? | scratched out in the family tree |
| Johnny's father | Charles Latour |
| What had happened to Johnny's father? | died of the plague in Marseilles. |
| Johnny's father was a | doctor |
| What was Johnny's relationship to Merchant Lyte? | great nephew |
