The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter XX. What Nancy Found quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Why does Nancy throw the keys on the floor instead of returning them?

   • Correct answer: There's no time to put them back under the front seat
   • She doesn't remember where she found them
   • She hopes the police will find them later
   • She wants the robbers to trip over them in the dark

   She realizes she cannot reach the front of the van and replace them before the robbers come in.

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2. 2

   Question 2. Where does Nancy hide from the robbers?

   • In the back of the old Ford car in the garage
   • Correct answer: In an empty manger under the blanket
   • Up in the hayloft above the stalls
   • Behind a stack of boxes by the door

   She scrambles into an empty manger and drops the blanket over her head.

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3. 3

   Question 3. Why doesn't the robber leader suspect anyone has been in the van?

   • He sees Nancy's car drive away
   • The keys are still in his pocket
   • The clock is still on the front seat
   • Correct answer: The van's rear door is still locked

   He rattles the rear door, finds it locked and says no one has meddled with the truck.

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4. 4

   Question 4. What has Nancy left behind in the barn?

   • The blanket from the clock
   • Her purse with her driver's license
   • Correct answer: Her automobile flashlight
   • One of her shoes

   She discovers in the dark woods that she left her flashlight somewhere in the barn, probably in the manger.

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5. 5

   Question 5. Why does Nancy still plan to report the robbery to the police?

   • Correct answer: She won't let the Tophams lose their household goods
   • The marshal ordered her to report back to him
   • She is afraid the robbers will come after her
   • She wants the reward money for the Horner girls

   She says the Tophams don't deserve consideration, but she couldn't be mean enough to let them lose their goods.

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6. 6

   Question 6. What does Nancy do when the clock at first looks empty?

   • She drives straight home to ask her father
   • She decides it must be the wrong clock
   • She gives up and throws the clock in the woods
   • Correct answer: She shakes it and hears something rattle

   Turning the clock upside down and shaking it, she hears something bulky rattle inside.

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   Question 7. Where is the notebook hidden?

   • Under the clock's wooden base
   • Rolled up inside the pendulum
   • Correct answer: Behind the face, hanging from a hook
   • Inside the crescent on top

   After removing the hands and the cardboard face, she finds it hanging from a hook in the top.

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8. 8

   Question 8. What does 'oblivious' mean in: 'the occupants oblivious that their whereabouts had been discovered'?

   • Worried
   • Correct answer: Unaware
   • Angry
   • Proud

   The robbers drive off with no idea that Nancy knows where they are.

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   Question 9. What does 'chagrin' mean in: 'To her chagrin she discovered that she had left her automobile flashlight somewhere in the barn'?

   • Correct answer: Annoyance at her own mistake
   • Fear of the dark woods around her
   • Surprise at good news
   • Great joy and relief

   Nancy is annoyed with herself for leaving the flashlight behind.

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10. 10

    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 20?

    • A robber finds the van keys on the barn floor.

      Happened

    • The robbers discover Nancy hiding in the manger.

      Didn't happen

    • Nancy removes the clock's face to look inside.

      Happened

    • Nancy reads the whole notebook in the dark woods.

      Didn't happen

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