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SOUTH COUNTY TRIVIA

01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, May 15, 2008

Prudence Crandall lived in the Arnold House in Hope Valley.

1. The onetime Arnold House in Hope Valley was the home of Prudence Crandall, who was persecuted and jailed for her efforts in behalf of:

a) Indians

b) Blacks

c) Huguenots

d) People with mental illnesses

2. South County’s La Farge family once entertained this notable guest:

a) John Hay

b) Elihu Root

c) Benjamin Harrison

d) Theodore Roosevelt

3. A developer in 1984 took an unused but historic textile mill and converted it into luxurious condominiums in this community:

a) Avondale

b) Hamilton

c) White Rock

d) Belleville

ANSWERS ON PAGE D4.

1 — b

2 — d

3 — b. At a cost of $5 million, the 14 acres of the former Hamilton Web Co. mill on Bissell’s Cove in North Kingstown became the 67 condos of Hamilton Harbour.