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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the only heir the Judge did not investigate?
(a) Crow.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Chris.
(d) Turtle.
2. Who were the guests at Angela's shower?
(a) All the tenants from Sunset Towers.
(b) Her friends from college.
(c) A hand-picked list, selected by her mother, of all the richest girls in town.
(d) Her mother's friends and their daughters.
3. What did the heirs receive in their envelopes at the second reading of the Will?
(a) Two additional clues.
(b) Directions for finding more clues.
(c) New partner assignments.
(d) A second check for $10,000.
4. Who did Turtle tell about her knowledge of who Sam Westing was?
(a) All the heirs.
(b) No one at all.
(c) Only her husband, Theo.
(d) Only her sister, Angela and her husband, Theo.
5. Why did Theo think Otis is the murderer?
(a) He saw Otis leaving the scene of one of the bombings.
(b) Otis acted very suspicious when Mrs. Wexler asked him a simple question and Theo overheard them.
(c) When he pus his clues together, the leftover letters spelled Otis.
(d) He knew Otis had a grudge against Mr. Westing.
6. In Chapter 25, what did Dr. Deere accuse Turtle of doing?
(a) Stealing everyone's clues.
(b) Stealing a copy of the will.
(c) Kicking Sandy's shin.
(d) Setting a bomb to go off in three hours.
7. What did Angela do to suggest that she may have already kown the contents of the gift wrapped in good foil?
(a) She wanted to save it to open later.
(b) She didn't want Turtle to look inside and turned it away from her.
(c) She wanted Turtle to open it for her.
(d) She said it is very special, but with a tone of voice saying otherwise.
8. Who did Theo find out he had been playing chess with?
(a) Mrs. Hoo.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Judge Ford.
(d) Turtle.
9. What about Otis Amber surprised everyone when he came up to testify?
(a) He revealed who Sam Westing was.
(b) He had a gun.
(c) He revealed who the mystery heir is.
(d) He confessed to being the murderer.
10. What happened to Dr. Wexler after the game is over?
(a) He became depressed and began drinking even more.
(b) He got appointed to the inquiry panel for the state lottery.
(c) He left the medical field and devoted himeself full time to being a bookie.
(d) He left his wife and moved out of Sunset Towers.
11. According to the judge, what was Westing's first mistake?
(a) He invited Sydelle Pulaski instead of Sybill Pulaski.
(b) He included Dr. Wexler who was a bookie.
(c) He should not have included the Hoo's.
(d) He invited Mrs. Wexler, thinking she was a relative.
12. Why did Grace Wexler say, "Who's that?" when Turtle greeted her in Chapter 23?
(a) She didn't care much for Turtle and pretended not to recognize her.
(b) She had been drinking and didn't recognize Turtle.
(c) She was trying to confuse the others into thinking Turtle wasn't her daughter.
(d) Turtle had a new haircut and no longer had her braid.
13. At the beginning of the last chapter, who is dying and what from?
(a) Mrs. Wexler from a poison mushroom in the restaurant.
(b) Eastman/Westing from natural causes.
(c) Mrs. Hoo from grief over not going to China.
(d) Sydelle from complications of a broken hip.
14. At the end of the story, what had happened to Judge Ford?
(a) She became a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
(b) She gave up law when she couldn't solve the Westing mystery.
(c) She decided to teach chess and share Westing's unique winning method.
(d) She adopted Chris Theodorakis so she could keep tabs on his education.
15. What did Chris get so excited about that he startled the Judge?
(a) The answer to the clues.
(b) Turtle planting another bomb.
(c) Someone going into Westing house.
(d) Canada geese.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Turtle lie about Otis Amber?
2. What did Judge Ford tell the heirs about the two million dollars?
3. How did Chris feel at the prospect of being taken hostage by Doctor Deere?
4. Who really took Turtle's Mickey Mouse clock?
5. What did Turtle find out about Sandy after the game ends?
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