The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter V. A Conference quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Why do the Horner girls put chains on Nancy's rear wheels?

   • Because Nancy's tires were damaged in the storm
   • So the car can be towed to the gravel road
   • So no one can steal the roadster while it sits in the barn
   • Correct answer: To help the car grip the slippery, muddy River Road

   Grace warns that the River Road is terribly slippery in wet weather, and the chains help Nancy reach the gravel.

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   Question 2. How does Nancy describe the Horner girls to her father?

   • As rich but lonely girls
   • Correct answer: As poor as church mice, but proud
   • As distant relatives of the Tophams
   • As girls who want money from him

   Nancy says they are as poor as church mice, but they're proud, too.

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   Question 3. What odd habit of Josiah's does Allie describe?

   • He would not sleep without a candle lit
   • He wrote letters he never mailed
   • Correct answer: He hunted for spectacles that were on his nose
   • He counted all of his money every single night before bed

   Allie has seen him look for his spectacles when they were on his nose all the time.

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4. 4

   Question 4. What important thing does Grace remember Josiah saying?

   • Correct answer: That he would hide his new will in a safe place, not with a lawyer
   • That he had given the will to the Horner girls' father
   • That the Tophams had found and read his will
   • That he would keep his will at Rolsted's office

   Josiah said, "This time I'm not going to trust it to any lawyer. I'll put it away in a place that I know will be safe."

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   Question 5. Where was Josiah living when he talked about hiding the will?

   • With the Horner family
   • Correct answer: At the Tophams' house
   • At the Royal Hotel
   • In a cottage on the River Road

   Grace nods when Carson Drew asks if Josiah was living with the Tophams at the time.

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6. 6

   Question 6. What does Carson Drew charge the Horner girls for his help?

   • Part of any money they inherit
   • A small fee, paid later when they can afford it
   • Correct answer: Nothing at all
   • One dollar to make it official

   He tells them there will be no charge for his services.

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   Question 7. Why does Carson Drew warn Nancy not to tell the girls the Tophams may have destroyed the will?

   • Correct answer: There is no proof the Tophams did anything wrong
   • Mr. Rolsted asked him to keep it a secret
   • The Tophams might sue Nancy for saying it
   • The Horner girls would be too frightened to help

   He says they have no proof, so it would be very unwise to suggest it.

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   Question 8. What does 'scruples' mean in: 'They have no scruples whatsoever.'?

   • Friends who will help in trouble
   • Good luck that comes without warning
   • Money saved for an emergency
   • Correct answer: Feelings that stop a person from doing wrong

   Nancy means the Tophams would do something dishonest without feeling bad about it.

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   Question 9. What does 'fretted' mean in: 'I don't see why they don't come,' she fretted.?

   • Whispered
   • Laughed
   • Sang
   • Correct answer: Worried

   Nancy is worried that the Horner girls will not keep the appointment.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 5?

    • Carson Drew meets Allie and Grace in his study.

      Happened

    • The Horner girls bring Josiah's old diary to the meeting.

      Didn't happen

    • Grace remembers that Josiah planned to hide his will himself.

      Happened

    • Carson Drew files a claim in court for the Horner girls.

      Didn't happen

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