The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter VIII. A Discouraging Day quiz
From The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Chapter 8 of The Secret of the Old Clock: Nancy hires Grace Horner to sew a dress, then visits Josiah's other relatives but learns only rumors about the will.
10 questions · about 11 minutes
Questions and answers
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Question 1. Why does no one answer when Nancy first knocks at the Horner farmhouse?
- The girls are hiding because they don't want visitors
- Grace is sewing upstairs and cannot hear
- The girls have gone to town to sell their eggs
- Correct answer: The girls are picking berries in the woods
Grace explains they were picking berries in the woods, and shows a pail of raspberries.
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Question 2. How does Nancy help the Horner girls without offering charity?
- She buys every one of Allie's eggs for the whole week
- Correct answer: She asks Grace to make her a dress and pays her
- She gives them her old party frock
- She invites them to live in River Heights
Nancy doesn't need a dress, but she knows the proud girls would refuse a gift of money.
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Question 3. Who are Matilda and Edna Turner?
- Two sisters who work at the department store
- Two nurses who once cared for Josiah
- Correct answer: Two cousins of Josiah who live in Masonville
- Two friends of Ada and Isabel from school
Allie names them as two cousins living in Masonville, who were wonderful to Uncle Josiah.
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Question 4. What does William Mathews offer to do?
- Correct answer: Pay a substantial reward for the missing will
- Give the Horner girls part of his farm
- Hire Carson Drew to take his case
- Drive Nancy out to Abigail Rowen's cottage on West Lake Road
He and his brother will offer a substantial reward to anyone who can produce the will.
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Question 5. Why does William Mathews believe Josiah wrote the second will?
- Josiah showed him the finished will
- His brother saw Josiah sign it
- A lawyer told him it existed
- Correct answer: Josiah was careful about business matters
He says Josiah was queer about little things but always particular in attending to business matters.
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Question 6. What do the Turner sisters say about Abigail Rowen?
- Edna says Abigail has already found the will and hidden it again
- Correct answer: Matilda suggests a visit, but Edna thinks Abigail's memory is failing
- Both sisters say Abigail moved away from the West Lake Road years ago
- Both sisters say Abigail was paid well by Josiah while he was sick
Matilda suggests talking with Abigail, but Edna says her memory isn't what it used to be.
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Question 7. How does Nancy feel at the end of the chapter?
- Ready to hand the whole case to her father
- Excited, because she has found a real clue
- Correct answer: Tired, hungry and discouraged, with one hope left
- Angry at the Horner girls for sending her on a wasted trip
She feels she has only wasted her time, and Abigail Rowen is her last hope.
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Question 8. What does 'slack' mean in: 'It's a slack season.'?
- Correct answer: Slow, with little work
- Busy and crowded
- Long and tiring
- Very cold, wet and stormy
Grace means there is little dressmaking work right now.
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Question 9. What does 'disinherit' mean in: 'Josiah Crowley had intended to disinherit the Tophams'?
- To forgive someone for being unkind
- To divide money evenly among relatives
- Correct answer: To leave someone out of a will on purpose
- To move out of someone's house
The Turners believe Josiah meant to leave the Tophams nothing.
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Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 8?
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Grace cries with joy when Nancy asks her to make a dress.
Happened
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Nancy visits Abigail Rowen that same evening.
Didn't happen
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Nancy talks with William Mathews at his farm.
Happened
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The Turner sisters show Nancy a letter about the will.
Didn't happen
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