The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter XI. Visiting the Tophams quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What does Nancy notice about the clock in the Topham living room?

   • Correct answer: It looks too modern to be Josiah's clock
   • It is hidden behind a large painting
   • It has a moon on top, just as Abigail said
   • It is stopped at three o'clock

   Nancy doubts it is the Crowley clock because it looks too modern.

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2. 2

   Question 2. Why does Mrs. Topham's manner change when she hears Nancy's name?

   • She thinks Nancy has come to bring her a gift
   • Correct answer: She knows the Drews are welcome in homes that snub the Tophams
   • She remembers that Nancy saved Ada from trouble at school
   • She hopes Carson Drew will become the family's lawyer

   She is aware that the Drews are cordially welcomed in homes that merely tolerate or even bar the Tophams.

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   Question 3. What does Ada advise her mother about the tickets?

   • To send Nancy to see their father
   • To buy them all so Carson Drew would think well of them
   • Correct answer: Not to buy them, because it wastes money
   • To buy two for herself and Isabel

   Ada still resents the vase scene and says, "Don't buy them... You'll only waste your money."

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4. 4

   Question 4. Why does Richard Topham buy every ticket?

   • He feels sorry that his wife was rude to Nancy
   • He plans to give the tickets to his business friends
   • He wants to help the charity's poor families
   • Correct answer: He hopes the donation will get their names in the paper

   He whispers to his wife that the donation will get their names into the paper.

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5. 5

   Question 5. How does Nancy turn the talk toward the Crowley clock?

   • She pretends her own clock is broken
   • She tells Mrs. Topham that Abigail Rowen sent her to see the clock
   • Correct answer: She asks if the mantel clock is the old Crowley clock
   • She offers to buy any old clocks they own

   She asks innocently whether that can be the old Crowley clock, saying she is so interested in heirlooms.

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6. 6

   Question 6. What do the Tophams say they did with Josiah's clock?

   • Sold it to an antique dealer in the city
   • Correct answer: Sent it up to their bungalow on Moon Lake
   • Put it in the attic with Josiah's other things
   • Gave it away to their butler as a present

   Mrs. Topham says they considered it out of place in their modern home and sent it to their Moon Lake bungalow.

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   Question 7. What does Isabel call the things Josiah Crowley left behind?

   • Gifts for the Horner girls
   • Things to sell at the charity dance
   • Precious family heirlooms worth a fortune
   • Correct answer: Old junk

   Isabel says, "Crowley left so much old junk."

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   Question 8. What does 'exorbitant' mean in: 'Why, that's positively exorbitant!'?

   • Correct answer: Far too expensive
   • Very generous
   • Hard to understand
   • Exciting and new

   Mrs. Topham, who is stingy, thinks two dollars a ticket is far too much.

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   Question 9. What does 'composure' mean in: 'assumed an expression of composure'?

   • Anger she is trying to hide from others
   • Great excitement and surprise
   • Correct answer: A calm, steady manner
   • Deep sadness and worry

   Nancy sits down and looks calm so the Tophams won't guess why she came.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 11?

    • A butler lets Nancy into the Topham house.

      Happened

    • Mrs. Topham shows Nancy the old Crowley clock in the attic.

      Didn't happen

    • Richard Topham pays for the tickets with a twenty-dollar bill.

      Happened

    • Nancy tells the Tophams she is looking for Josiah's will.

      Didn't happen

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