The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter III. Racing the Storm quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Where does Carson Drew send Nancy with the legal papers?

   • To a bank on the River Road
   • To Mr. Rolsted's office in River Heights
   • Correct answer: To Judge Hartgrave in Masonville
   • To the courthouse in River Heights

   The documents must be delivered to Judge Hartgrave at Masonville before noon.

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   Question 2. Why does Nancy decide not to leave the envelope with the judge's office girl?

   • Her father told her to bring the papers back if the judge was out
   • She wants an excuse to see the courthouse
   • The office girl is rude and refuses to take it
   • Correct answer: The papers are important, so she hands them to the judge herself

   Nancy knows the papers are important, so she sets off to find the judge in person.

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   Question 3. What does Judge Hartgrave say about the big black cloud?

   • That it will pass to the north
   • Correct answer: That it is only bluffing
   • That Nancy should wait out the storm
   • That the River Road will flood

   He says, "That big cloud is only bluffing," and expects no rain for an hour or two.

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   Question 4. Why is land along the River Road not valuable?

   • Correct answer: Spring floods from the river can ruin newly planted crops
   • The soil is too rocky for corn or other crops
   • The Tophams own most of the land along the road
   • The road is too far from any town for farmers

   The Muskoka River sometimes overflows in spring and destroys the new crops, so poor folk hold the land.

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   Question 5. What does Nancy do when the rain begins pouring down?

   • She pulls off the road and waits under a big tree
   • She turns around and drives back toward Masonville
   • Correct answer: She drives straight into an open barn for shelter
   • She stops at the farmhouse door to ask for help

   She sees the barn doors wide open and, without hesitating, drives right in.

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   Question 6. What surprises Nancy about the girl in the barn?

   • Correct answer: She seems cultured, not like a poor farmer's daughter
   • She is wearing an expensive Paris gown
   • She says she is related to the Tophams
   • She knows Nancy's name already

   Nancy notices her cultured voice and neat, well-made clothes.

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   Question 7. What does the girl say about how often she and Grace have visitors?

   • They never let strangers onto the farm
   • Their relatives visit them every Sunday
   • Travelers stop at the farm almost every day
   • Correct answer: A whole week can pass with only the postman

   She says sometimes a whole week goes by and they see no one but the postman.

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   Question 8. What does 'dilapidated' mean in: 'an old farmhouse and a dilapidated barn which stood near the highway'?

   • Very large and tall
   • Correct answer: Falling apart and in bad repair
   • Hidden behind a row of trees
   • Freshly painted and new

   The barn is old and run-down, which fits the poor land along the River Road.

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   Question 9. What does 'chided' mean in: 'How foolish of me to take this road,' she chided herself.?

   • Correct answer: Scolded
   • Comforted
   • Questioned
   • Praised

   Nancy is scolding herself for choosing the River Road on a stormy day.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 3?

    • Nancy has lunch with Judge Hartgrave and his wife.

      Happened

    • Nancy's roadster slides into a ditch on the River Road.

      Didn't happen

    • A girl greets Nancy inside the barn.

      Happened

    • Nancy finds the Crowley will hidden in the barn.

      Didn't happen

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