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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each of the pairs of heirs gained something from their partner. What did Turtle gain from her partner?
(a) She got to share all the clues with other partners.
(b) She got to keep all the $10,000.
(c) She got to stop going to school so that she could help her partner.
(d) She received acceptance and nurturing.

2. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?
(a) It became a meeting place for sharing clues among pairs.
(b) It was turned into a bulletin board.
(c) A person was murdered in it.
(d) It broke down and wasn't repaired for some time.

3. The morning after the reading of the Will, what did Turtle do to help the others and earn some money for herself?
(a) She agreed to sell her half of the $10,000 to another team.
(b) She agreed to combine their clues and try to solve the mystery and split the money with everyone.
(c) She paid her sister, Angela, to let her see their clues.
(d) She sold candles that were designed to tell time.

4. What discovery did Chris Theodorakis make while birdwatching?
(a) He saw a person with a limp going into Westing Mansion.
(b) He saw Mr. Westing coming out of the Mansion.
(c) He saw Turtle and the gang getting ready to go into the Mansion.
(d) He found a purple marlin on the roof of the Mansion.

5. Which two residents of Sunset Towers did not go to the reading of the Will?
(a) Dr. Wexler and Madame Hoo.
(b) Dr. and Mrs. Wexler.
(c) Turtle and Chris.
(d) Turtle and Angela.

6. What was Angela's family's reaction to her fiance?
(a) Turtle like him, but Mrs. Wexler thought he was a gold-digger, only out for her daughter's inheritance.
(b) None of these answers.
(c) All family members liked him.
(d) Her mother liked him, but Turtle considered him a gold-digger.

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

8. What is one trait of the Sunset Towers apartment building?
(a) It faces the West toward the sunset.
(b) It had only one apartment left to rent when the notes went out.
(c) Each apartment has a view of the Westing Mansion.
(d) It has four towers, one on each corner.

9. In Chapter 13, who did Flora say Angela looked like?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Violet Westing.

10. What will happen to the person who finds out who killed Westing?
(a) They will inherit everything.
(b) They will be excluded from the Will.
(c) They are to hire a lawyer for their defense.
(d) They are to see that they are prosecuted.

11. Which of the following is not true of the Westing Mansion?
(a) Its owner held an open house.
(b) It had a fence around it.
(c) It had smoke coming from the chimney.
(d) It was supposedly empty.

12. What was supposed to be wrong with Sydelle Pulaski?
(a) She couldn't read or write.
(b) She had cheated Mr. Westing and so was afraid to come to the reading.
(c) She was supposed to have a wasting disease.
(d) She didn't get along with any of the others.

13. On their third snowbound day, what decision did the heirs face?
(a) Whether or not to continue with the game.
(b) Whether or not Mr. Westing was tricking them.
(c) Whether or not to share their clues.
(d) Whether or not Crow was the murderer.

14. Mrs. Wexler had plans for the entire $10,000 that she and Mr. Hoo got. What was her plan?
(a) To redecorate the restaurant with her as the decorator.
(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 invest it wisely so they wouldn't really need the inheritance.
(d) To buy each of the others' clues.

15. What lie did Judge Ford catch Mrs. Wexler in at the party?
(a) She told Turtle that she was her favorite daughter.
(b) She claimed to know the answer to the clues.
(c) She shared a false clue to get Judge Ford to share one of hers.
(d) She claimed to be a niece to Mr. Westing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clever idea did Mrs. Wexler have for Hoo's restaurant?

2. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?

3. What is the setting of Chapter 7?

4. What feeling does Chris have about the one-way windows in his apartment?

5. Why did Mrs. Pulaski think she should have a bigger share of the inheritance?

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