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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object was in the center of the library when the heirs gather there?
(a) A library table with the Will on it.
(b) An open casket.
(c) A table that held several items that would belong to the heirs.
(d) A tall statue that was covered.

2. What did Sandy the doorman do every time he delivered a present for Angela's shower?
(a) He yelled, "Where is everyone?"
(b) He asked Mrs. Wexler if she had any idea who the killer was.
(c) He told Mrs. Wexler that he and his partner had the answer to the mystery.
(d) He yelled, "Boom!" because of the bombs.

3. Mrs. Wexler had plans for the entire $10,000 that she and Mr. Hoo got. What was her plan?
(a) To buy each of the others' clues.
(b) To redecorate the restaurant with her as the decorator.
(c) To invest it wisely so they wouldn't really need the inheritance.
(d) To use it to make Angela's wedding the best ever, and spend most of it at Hoo's restaurant for the reception.

4. What was strange about the Will?
(a) It divided everything evenly between all heirs, including the kids.
(b) It anticipated what the others would do and also gave a command for fulfillment.
(c) The kids were the only ones inheriting anything.
(d) It had not been witnessed.

5. Which character had a strange mystery around them?
(a) Crow.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Mrs. Wexler.
(d) Mrs. Westing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From her newspaper research, which of the following did Judge Ford find had a connection to Mr. Westing?

3. Who is Barney Northrup?

4. What clues were left on the elevator wall for all to see?

5. Why did this one pair of heirs not receive their money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the coffee shop when the heirs were having a meeting?

2. At the first reading of the Will, what did Ed Plum give to each pair of heirs?

3. What two unusual things happened at the supposed empty Westing Mansion?

4. What did the fireman and policeman say caused the explosion?

5. What sort of letter did the tenants of Sunset Towers receive, and what did it instruct them to do?

6. Why did Sydelle Pulaski walk with a gaily painted crutch, and for what reason did she claim to need it?

7. What particular trait do several of the characters share making it possible that the person seen going into the mansion by Chris could be any one of them?

8. Why were the tenants purchasing so many Westing Paper Products?

9. When did the second bomb go off?

10. Why did Angela search under the hoods of the cars in the parking lot?

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