The Hidden Staircase, Chapter XXII. The Next Move quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What did Gombet come to The Mansion to do that morning?

   • Ask the sisters where Nancy had gone
   • Return Floretta's dresses with a note
   • Return the silver urn and apologize
   • Correct answer: Repeat the offer he had made for the house

   Rosemary says he came to repeat the offer he made some time ago for the house.

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   Question 2. What does Nancy say about getting the silver urn back?

   • She is sure it was melted down and sold in Chicago
   • She found it on the stairs and hid it in her room
   • Correct answer: She thinks she can get it within twenty-four hours
   • She believes it fell into the tunnel and broke apart

   She can't lay hands on it this minute, but she thinks she can get it within twenty-four hours.

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   Question 3. What puzzles Rosemary about how the urn was taken?

   • The yard man swore he saw nobody near the house
   • Correct answer: Gombet would have had to pass their bedrooms
   • The urn was far too heavy for one man to lift
   • The library windows were nailed shut that night

   To reach the attic stairs from the library, he would have passed their rooms, and they would have heard him.

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   Question 4. Why does Floretta hesitate before stepping onto the stairs?

   • Correct answer: She is afraid the trapdoor will fall shut
   • She thinks Gombet might be waiting below
   • She hurt her ankle on the stairs
   • She wants to fetch her warm shawl first

   She asks what will happen if the trapdoor falls shut, and Nancy shows her the ring that opens it.

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   Question 5. What does Floretta remember once they step into her closet?

   • She hid the family silver under the closet floor
   • She once heard a guitar playing inside the closet
   • Correct answer: They read Nancy's letter aloud in that bedroom
   • She saw Gombet's face at the window that morning

   She says they read the letter in that very bedroom, so Gombet must have heard every word.

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   Question 6. Why can't Nancy search long at the bottom of the stairs?

   • She hears Gombet's footsteps coming toward them
   • Floretta feels faint and begs to go back upstairs
   • The passage is filling with water from the river
   • Correct answer: Her candle is nearly gone and there are no more

   Her candle will not last many more minutes, and the sisters have used the last of theirs.

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   Question 7. Why does Nancy hurry off to get the police?

   • She has to meet her father's train at noon
   • Correct answer: If Gombet suspects, he will try to escape
   • The sisters must sign the papers within an hour
   • Gombet has threatened to burn down The Mansion

   She says that if he has an inkling of what they found, he will try to escape.

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   Question 8. What does 'inkling' mean in: 'If he has an inkling of what we have discovered'?

   • Correct answer: A slight idea or hint
   • A sudden, sharp pain
   • A written copy or record
   • A strong, angry feeling

   Nancy means that if Gombet has even a small idea of what they found, he will run.

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   Question 9. What does 'tremulously' mean in: 'Floretta asked tremulously'?

   • In a slow, sleepy way
   • Correct answer: In a shaky, nervous way
   • In a cheerful, carefree way
   • In a loud, bossy way

   Floretta is frightened and will not feel safe until Gombet is locked up.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 22?

    • Nancy shows the sisters the open trapdoor by the highboy.

      Happened

    • The sisters sign the papers selling The Mansion to Gombet.

      Didn't happen

    • Nancy comes up through the sofa seat in the library.

      Happened

    • Floretta finds the silver urn hidden under the sofa cushions.

      Didn't happen

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