The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter IV. An Interesting Story quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What does Allie Horner lend Nancy to get from the barn to the house?

   • An umbrella and a lantern
   • Correct answer: A raincoat and rubber boots
   • A shawl and a pair of gloves
   • Her own warm wool coat

   Allie gives Nancy her raincoat and a pair of rubber boots several sizes too large.

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   Question 2. How does Grace Horner earn money?

   • She raises white leghorn chickens
   • She teaches at a school in Masonville
   • She sells her homemade cakes at the market in Masonville every week
   • Correct answer: She helps a dressmaker in Masonville when she can get work

   Grace helps a dressmaker in Masonville and makes all of the sisters' clothes; Allie raises chickens.

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   Question 3. Who was "Uncle Josiah" to the Horner girls?

   • A cousin of the Topham family
   • Their mother's older brother
   • Correct answer: A former neighbor who was like family
   • The lawyer who handled their father's estate

   Josiah Crowley wasn't really their uncle; he lived next door for years and they loved him like a relative.

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   Question 4. What made Nancy first suspect the girls knew Josiah Crowley?

   • Correct answer: Allie mentions Uncle Josiah when Nancy admires a picture
   • Grace shows Nancy a letter from Josiah
   • Nancy sees Josiah's name on the mailbox
   • The girls ask if Nancy knows the Tophams

   Allie says Uncle Josiah gave them the picture, and Nancy wonders if she means Josiah Crowley.

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   Question 5. Why does Nancy decide not to offer the sisters money for the tea?

   • Correct answer: She knows the proud sisters would be hurt and offended
   • Her father had told her never to pay for food in someone's home
   • She has left her purse in the roadster in the barn
   • She thinks the Tophams would hear about it

   Nancy realizes the girls are proud and that refusing or paying for their hospitality would hurt their feelings.

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   Question 6. Why do the Horner girls say they cannot claim an inheritance?

   • They promised the Tophams they would never ask
   • Josiah told them he had changed his mind
   • They are too young to inherit property
   • Correct answer: They have no proof of a newer will and no money for a court fight

   Grace says they are certain a will was made in their favor, but they have no actual proof and can't afford to fight the case.

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   Question 7. What does Nancy ask the girls to do before she leaves?

   • Write down everything Josiah ever said to them about his money
   • Correct answer: Come to her father's office in River Heights if he asks
   • Keep their story a secret from everyone in Masonville
   • Search Uncle Josiah's old house for the will

   Nancy asks whether they will come to her father's office if he asks, and Grace agrees.

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   Question 8. What does 'mainstay' mean in: 'She's the mainstay of our little family.'?

   • The best cook in the house
   • The youngest and most spoiled member
   • Correct answer: The person everyone depends on most
   • A visitor who stays a long time

   Allie means that Grace holds the family together and carries the responsibility.

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   Question 9. What does 'hospitality' mean in: 'to refuse their hospitality would hurt their feelings'?

   • Correct answer: Friendly, generous treatment of guests
   • A place where sick people are cared for
   • A promise to pay money back later
   • A secret shared between close friends

   The sisters offer Nancy tea and cake, a warm welcome she doesn't want to refuse.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 4?

    • Grace serves Nancy tea and cake.

      Happened

    • Allie shows Nancy a letter in which Josiah names the girls in his will.

      Didn't happen

    • The sisters tell Nancy that Josiah promised them a surprise in his will.

      Happened

    • Nancy stays overnight at the Horner farm.

      Didn't happen

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