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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Turtle find out about Sandy after the game ends?
(a) That he actually won the game but didn't tell anyone what he found out.
(b) That he did indeed die of a heart attack.
(c) That he was actually alive and living as Eastman.
(d) That he was actually an alcoholic.

2. What happened to Sandy in the library?
(a) He was burned by another bomb.
(b) He died after drinking something.
(c) He was shot by Crow.
(d) Turtle kicked his shin.

3. Why did Judge Ford repeatedly call herself stupid?
(a) Sam Westing had won the game and was her partner.
(b) She couldn't solve the mystery.
(c) She gave her checks to Sandy and he died.
(d) She had lost her clues.

4. Why was Theo in the hospital?
(a) He was hurt when someone hit him in the elevator.
(b) He had a bicycle accident.
(c) He was hurt when setting one of the bombs.
(d) He was hurt in a chemistry experiment explosion.

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

6. What did Judge Ford do to repay her debt to Sam Westing?
(a) Pay for Chris's education just as Westing had done for her.
(b) Represented Crow in her trial.
(c) Helped Turtle go to law school.
(d) Turned all the money from her inheritance over to Crow.

7. Why did Dr. Deere take Chris to the hospital?
(a) For a visit to Angela.
(b) To get a new treatment for his ailment that didn't involve surgery.
(c) To show Chris what Dr. Deere did all day.
(d) To keep him from searching for clues.

8. Who did Judge Ford think the heirs needed to protect?
(a) The doorman.
(b) Sam Westing's ex-wife.
(c) Barney Northrup.
(d) Turtle.

9. Which heir did Judge Ford believe was actually Sam Westing?
(a) Crow.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Mrs. Wexler.
(d) Sandy.

10. How did Turtle defend the use of the radio in school?
(a) She said it helped her study by shutting out noises.
(b) She said her mother told her she could bring it.
(c) She said it helped her toothache.
(d) She said she was doing research for her science project.

11. What did Sam Westing do as his "last finale?"
(a) Lost at his ongoing chess game.
(b) Set a fireworks display that burned the Westing house.
(c) Announced Crow as his ex-wife.
(d) Announced Turtle as his lost daughter.

12. What unusual fact did Judge Ford find out about Mrs. Wexler?
(a) She was married once before.
(b) She was not really Turtle's mother.
(c) She was not related to Mr. Westing at all.
(d) She was related to the cleaning worman.

13. Who was Rosalie?
(a) She was Flora Baumbach's daughter.
(b) She was Crow's daughter.
(c) She was Mr. Westing's wife.
(d) She was a nurse at the hospital.

14. Who did Theo find out he had been playing chess with?
(a) Judge Ford.
(b) Mrs. Hoo.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Turtle.

15. Why did Theo think that he must be dreaming?
(a) Crow told him what her clues revealed, and together they gave him the solution.
(b) Chris offered to help him solve the puzzle and had been given clues by several heirs due to their sympathy.
(c) Someone whispered the answer to the clues to him.
(d) Crow pulled him into her room and he prayed with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Doug's feet hurt when he was trailing Otis Amber?

2. What assignment did Theo give to Doug Hoo?

3. At the time Sandy died and Turtle tried to discover the mystery heir, which were the only three heirs Otis Amber had not investigated?

4. What finally happened about Chris's medical problems?

5. What indication was there that the heirs were jittery?

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