The Secret of the Old Clock, Chapter XXIV. The Coup de Grâce quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Who is invited to the reading but cannot attend?

   • Correct answer: Abigail Rowen
   • Edna Turner
   • Matilda Turner
   • Fred Mathews

   Abigail Rowen is confined to her bed, so she cannot come.

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2. 2

   Question 2. How much do Allie and Grace each receive?

   • One hundred and fifty thousand dollars each
   • Three thousand dollars each, plus the farm
   • Twenty thousand dollars each
   • Correct answer: Seventy-five thousand dollars each

   The will gives Allie and Grace Horner seventy-five thousand dollars each.

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3. 3

   Question 3. How are the Tophams mentioned in the will?

   • They receive twenty thousand dollars
   • Correct answer: They must give Josiah's furniture to the Horners
   • They are named as the will's witnesses
   • They receive the old clock as a keepsake

   Josiah leaves the Horners his furniture "now in the possession of Mrs. Richard Topham."

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4. 4

   Question 4. What does Richard Topham say when he learns he gets nothing?

   • That he forgives the relatives
   • That he never wanted the money anyway
   • Correct answer: That he must have the money
   • That he will move to another city

   Pale and shaken, he says, "You don't understand. I must have the money!"

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5. 5

   Question 5. Why does Mrs. Topham fire her lawyer?

   • He arrives late to the reading of the will
   • Correct answer: He agrees the will can't be broken
   • He asks for too much money
   • He is a friend of Carson Drew

   When the lawyer says Mr. Drew is right, Mrs. Topham discharges him.

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6. 6

   Question 6. What do the Horner girls decide about the furniture?

   • They will ask the court to collect it for them
   • They will sell it to pay for new chicken houses
   • Correct answer: They will not take it from Mrs. Topham
   • They will give it to Abigail Rowen's nurse

   Grace says they have enough, and Allie says they won't take the household goods.

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7. 7

   Question 7. Why does Carson Drew give the old clock to Allie?

   • Correct answer: It was part of the household goods left to the Horners
   • Nancy asks him to give it to them as a gift
   • The Tophams refuse to take it back to their home
   • Josiah's will names the clock specially

   He says, "I guess this belongs to you now," because the clock was included in Crowley's household goods.

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8. 8

   Question 8. What does 'preposterous' mean in: 'It's preposterous!' Mrs. Topham stormed.?

   • Very sad
   • Perfectly fair
   • Slightly confusing to understand
   • Correct answer: Completely ridiculous

   Mrs. Topham thinks the idea of a second will is ridiculous.

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9. 9

   Question 9. What does 'bequeath' mean in: 'I give and bequeath all my property, real and personal, as follows'?

   • Correct answer: To leave property to someone in a will
   • To sell land to the highest bidder
   • To hide something valuable in a safe place
   • To borrow money from a bank

   In a will, to bequeath means to give your property to others after you die.

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10. 10

    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Chapter 24?

    • Carson Drew reads the will aloud to the relatives.

      Happened

    • The Tophams agree to share the money with the Horners.

      Didn't happen

    • Ada accuses Nancy of being behind the new will.

      Happened

    • Abigail Rowen arrives late in a wheelchair.

      Didn't happen

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