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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noble thing did Angela do at her shower?
(a) Shared her presents with Turtle.
(b) Saved Turtle from being harmed by the bomb.
(c) Fixed Turtle's hair in a new style that made her look more attractive.
(d) Gave Turtle her clues since she was about to be married and too busy to pursue the mystery.

2. Who got married in Hoo's Restaurant?
(a) Angela and Theo.
(b) Angela and Denton Deere.
(c) Turtle and Chris.
(d) Crow and Otis Amber.

3. Who really took Turtle's Mickey Mouse clock?
(a) The bomber.
(b) Chris Theodorakis.
(c) Her sister, Angela.
(d) Mrs.Hoo.

4. What finally happened about Chris's medical problems?
(a) A new medicine cured his shakiness and his speech, but he remained in a wheelchair.
(b) The medicine only worked temporarily and then he went back to his old condition.
(c) He got out of the wheelchair and was able to speak clearly.
(d) He never really was able to overcome his speech impediment.

5. Who did Sandy think Mr. Westing was?
(a) Barney Northrup.
(b) Dr. Wexler.
(c) Mr. Theodorakis.
(d) Otis Amber.

6. What happened to the Westing Paper Products stock in Chapter 20?
(a) It was the highest ever.
(b) It went down just a little below what Turtle had paid for it.
(c) It bottomed out.
(d) It was not traded at all for some reason.

7. Who did Judge Ford believe must be protected and why?
(a) Sandy, because he drank on the job.
(b) Berthe Crow because she believed Crow is Westing's ex-wife.
(c) The lawyer, because he knew Westing's secrets.
(d) Berthe Crow, because she killed Westing's daughter.

8. Who was the only heir the Judge did not investigate?
(a) Crow.
(b) Chris.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Sandy.

9. Who were the guests at Angela's shower?
(a) All the tenants from Sunset Towers.
(b) Her mother's friends and their daughters.
(c) Her friends from college.
(d) A hand-picked list, selected by her mother, of all the richest girls in town.

10. What did the members of the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen do in honor of the wedding?
(a) Sobered up.
(b) Dressed up in new clothes from a consignment shop.
(c) Pooled money and bought and expensive wine.
(d) Cooked the food for the reception.

11. Which one of the heirs had hired Otis Amber?
(a) Judge J.J. Ford.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Dr. Wexler.
(d) Mrs. Wexler.

12. How was Judge Ford connected to Mr. Westing?
(a) She worked in his factory for years.
(b) Her parents worked for Mr. Westing.
(c) She had worked as his lawyer.
(d) She was his daughter.

13. Why was Grace's voice thick and slurred when she got to the second reading of the Will?
(a) She was acting silly with her husband.
(b) She had been drinking.
(c) She was excited about the new meeting.
(d) She was up all night studying her clues.

14. Where did Turtle go each Saturday?
(a) To visit Sandy/Westing/Eastman.
(b) To visit her sister in college.
(c) To visit her finance.
(d) To the library.

15. Why did Sydelle Pulaski throw her crutches into the air?
(a) She found out Angela was the bomber.
(b) She heard another bomb go off and was startled.
(c) She figured out the song the clues were from.
(d) She decided to stop faking her illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the bomber?

2. What did Sam Westing do as his "last finale?"

3. What did the judge learn about Mr. Westing that made her think he would look different now?

4. Who was the chess game master that T.R. Wexler had finally defeated?

5. Why did Judge Ford repeatedly call herself stupid?

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