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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Solutions: Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Angela do when she disguised herself in Chapter 14?
(a) Searched under all the car hoods.
(b) Followed the person she thought was the bomber.
(c) Planted the next bomb.
(d) Searched everyone's room for clues.

2. What did Turtle want so badly that she was willing to accept a bet to stay in the Westing Mansion?
(a) A new bicycle.
(b) A year's subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
(c) A new video game.
(d) A new outfit for school that matched one that her best friend had.

3. Why did Turtle run out of the mansion after only eleven minutes?
(a) The boys pretended to be ghosts and scared her.
(b) She only needed $22.
(c) She felt a waxy hand grab her arm.
(d) She heard a throbbing whisper and ran away.

4. Mrs. Wexler had plans for the entire $10,000 that she and Mr. Hoo got. What was her plan?
(a) To invest it wisely so they wouldn't really need the inheritance.
(b) To use it to make Angela's wedding the best ever, and spend most of it at Hoo's restaurant for the reception.
(c) To redecorate the restaurant with her as the decorator.
(d) To buy each of the others' clues.

5. What did Theo discover when he analyzed his clues?
(a) The letters of his clues didn't spell anything that he could determine.
(b) The formula for an explosive and the name of a suspect.
(c) The letters don't spell the initials of four of the heirs.
(d) The letters spell out the full name of one of the heirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

2. Why didn't Mrs. Hoo attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?

3. Which of the following did not happen to Westing?

4. Why did Ms. Pulaski fake an illness?

5. Each of the pairs of heirs gained something from their partner. What did Turtle gain from her partner?

(see the answer key)

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