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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Westing Game: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unique trait does each apartment in Sunset Towers have?
(a) A beautiful marble floor in the foyer.
(b) Each faces the sunset in the west.
(c) A tower in the master bedroom.
(d) A one-way window.

2. What happened to Westing, according to the parties gathered outside Westing House?
(a) His corpse is rotting in the carpet.
(b) He is a ghost that haunts the Mansion.
(c) He went away.
(d) He is a recluse in the Mansion.

3. What mystery did Westing reveal in the Will?
(a) That he had a patent that was stolen from him.
(b) That his death had been caused by one of the heirs.
(c) That there was a secret about the Mansion.
(d) He told how the president of Westing Paper Products was murdered.

4. Which of the following did not happen to Westing?
(a) He was found in the bedroom of Westing Mansion.
(b) He was killed by a relative.
(c) He had a note beside him on the bed.
(d) He had a daughter that he lost track of.

5. When E.J. Plum started the reading of the Will, what do readers find out about why the residents of Sunset Towers were included in the Will?
(a) Westing has no relatives, so he selected them as heirs.
(b) They had all worked at Westing's factory at some time or other.
(c) They all had a hand in taking care of Westing at some point.
(d) The sixteen residents are all nieces and nephews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the residents of Sunset Towers given an invitation to the reading of Westing's Will?

2. What happened to the two boys who were to stay overnight at the Westing House?

3. What was Angela's family's reaction to her fiance?

4. Why didn't Dr. Wexler attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?

5. What did Turtle want so badly that she was willing to accept a bet to stay in the Westing Mansion?

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