The Hidden Staircase, Chapter VI. The Ghost Calls Again quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. How did the sheriff react when Rosemary told him about the strange happenings?

   • Correct answer: He sniffed and seemed to think it was a joke
   • He sent a man out to search the house that night
   • He told her to sell The Mansion right away
   • He promised to keep watch from the road

   Rosemary says the sheriff just sniffed and seemed to think someone was playing a joke on them.

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   Question 2. Why hasn't Rosemary told more people about the strange happenings?

   • She is afraid people in Cliffwood will laugh at her sister
   • She thinks the noises will stop if no one knows
   • Floretta made her promise never to speak of it to anyone
   • Correct answer: A rumor that the house is haunted would hurt a sale

   She says that if they had to sell, the rumor that the house was haunted would not help the sale.

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   Question 3. What makes The Mansion look like a ruined castle?

   • Its broken windows and the ivy covering every wall
   • Correct answer: Its two large turrets and its blackened, crumbling stone
   • Its tall chimneys and the flag flying over the roof
   • Its moat and the high iron gate across the drive

   The two large turrets at the front and the white stone that has blackened and crumbled give it the look of a ruined castle.

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   Question 4. Where was Floretta when her diamond bar pin disappeared?

   • Upstairs, searching the attic for the source of the noises
   • At the front door, watching for Rosemary's bus
   • Correct answer: Downstairs, letting the iceman into the kitchen
   • In the garden, talking with the yard man about the trees

   She heard the iceman at the back door, dropped the pin on the dresser and hurried down to let him in.

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   Question 5. Why does Nancy decide no one came in through the windows?

   • The windows are too high above the ground to reach
   • Floretta was sitting by the windows the whole time
   • The windows are nailed shut from the outside
   • Correct answer: The dust on the screens has not been disturbed

   Nancy examines the screens and sees that the dust on them is undisturbed, so they were not touched.

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   Question 6. Why does Nancy think the thief did not come up the stairs?

   • The iceman was standing at the foot of the stairs the whole time
   • Correct answer: The stairs are old and creak, so Floretta would have heard
   • The stairs were blocked by boxes from the attic
   • Rosemary had locked the door at the top of the stairs

   Floretta admits the old stairs creak, so she thinks she would have heard anyone climbing them.

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   Question 7. What does Nancy suggest might have taken the pin, before she sees the room?

   • Rosemary, who might have borrowed it before she left
   • Floretta herself, who might have worn it to town
   • Correct answer: A bird that flew in at an open window
   • The iceman, slipping upstairs while Floretta was busy

   Nancy wonders if a bird flew in at an open window, but the screened windows rule that out.

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   Question 8. What does 'oppressive' mean in: 'it seemed to her that the very air about the old place was oppressive'?

   • Correct answer: Heavy and uncomfortable
   • Cold and damp
   • Noisy and busy
   • Fresh and pleasant

   The air around the old house feels heavy and makes Nancy uneasy.

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   Question 9. What does 'agitated' mean in: 'she was so agitated that she failed to note the presence of a visitor'?

   • Sleepy and slow
   • Angry and rude to everyone
   • Correct answer: Upset and nervous
   • Calm and pleased

   Floretta is so upset about her missing pin that she does not even notice Nancy at first.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 6?

    • Floretta tells her sister that her diamond bar pin is gone.

      Happened

    • Nancy finds muddy footprints under Floretta's window.

      Didn't happen

    • Rosemary shows Nancy a portrait of an ancestor who fought in the Revolution.

      Happened

    • Floretta finds the pin under her dresser.

      Didn't happen

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