The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter XXII. What the Notebook Revealed quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. How does Nancy keep the marshal from finding the clock?

   • Correct answer: She moves it to the back of the car, calling it a package
   • She tells him it is a present for her father
   • She asks a deputy to carry it for her
   • She leaves it hidden in the woods near the roadhouse

   She says there is a package on the seat and puts it in the catch-all at the back.

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   Question 2. Why is Nancy relieved after leaving the marshal at the jail?

   • She did not want him to meet her father
   • She was tired of answering his questions
   • She was afraid he would arrest her for driving so fast on the way back
   • Correct answer: It would have been hard to explain having the stolen clock

   She says it wouldn't have been easy to explain how she came by the clock.

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   Question 3. Where does the notebook say the will is?

   • Inside a second clock at the Topham house
   • Buried under the floor of Josiah's old house
   • Correct answer: In box 148 at the Masonville National Bank
   • With Mr. Rolsted in his office safe

   The entry says the will is in safety deposit box number 148 in the Masonville National Bank.

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   Question 4. What name did Josiah use for the safety deposit box?

   • Josiah Hartgrave
   • Correct answer: Josiah Harkston
   • Henry Rolsted
   • Josiah Topham

   The box is under the name of Josiah Harkston.

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   Question 5. What rumor does Carson Drew share about Richard Topham?

   • Correct answer: That he has lost money on stocks and is counting on the inheritance
   • That he hired the robbers to empty his own bungalow for insurance
   • That he already knows about the hidden will
   • That he plans to sell his house and leave town

   He says Topham has been losing heavily and getting credit on the strength of the inheritance.

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   Question 6. Why can't the Drews simply open the box the next morning?

   • Box 148 has been rented to someone new
   • The bank is closed for a holiday that week
   • Correct answer: They need a court order to open it
   • They don't know which bank it is in

   Carson Drew reminds Nancy they have no authority to open it; it may take a court order.

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   Question 7. What does Nancy do with the notebook at bedtime?

   • Gives it to Hannah to hide
   • Leaves it inside the clock
   • Locks it in her father's study desk
   • Correct answer: Puts it under her pillow

   She goes back for it and says she will sleep with it under her pillow.

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   Question 8. What does 'inconsequential' mean in: 'perusing inconsequential memoranda'?

   • Very secret
   • Correct answer: Not important
   • Hard to read
   • Recently written

   Most of the notebook's early notes don't matter to the mystery.

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   Question 9. What does 'wrest' mean in: 'it will not be easy to wrest it away from them'?

   • To lend for a short while
   • To share with friends and neighbors
   • To forget about completely
   • Correct answer: To pull away by force

   Once the Tophams have the money, it will be hard to take it back from them.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 22?

    • Nancy uses a screwdriver to take the face off the clock.

      Happened

    • Nancy and her father open box 148 that same night.

      Didn't happen

    • Carson Drew calls Nancy a regular detective.

      Happened

    • Nancy telephones the Horner girls with the good news.

      Didn't happen

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