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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. Why did Mrs. Pulaski think she should have a bigger share of the inheritance?
(a) She was the only one who took notes on the clues in the Will.
(b) She used to work for Mr. Westing.
(c) She solved most of the puzzle with her clues.
(d) She was the wife of Mr. Westing.

2. Why did Ms. Pulaski fake an illness?
(a) She wanted everyone to think she wasn't capable of finding the answer to the clues.
(b) She was always faking something.
(c) She wanted to get attention.
(d) She wanted to advertise her special crutches and hopefully sell them.

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

4. What did Judge Ford decide to do to help solve the puzzle?
(a) Hired a private detective
(b) Found a copy of the whole Will
(c) Stole clues for the others
(d) Got her partner to eavesdrop on the other heirs

5. 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 invest it wisely so they wouldn't really need the inheritance.
(c) To use it to make Angela's wedding the best ever, and spend most of it at Hoo's restaurant for the reception.
(d) To buy each of the others' clues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about the Westing House?

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

3. What object was in the center of the library when the heirs gather there?

4. What was the problem with Turtle's and Flora's investigation by Chapter 15?

5. Two people at Sunset Towers were not heirs. Who were they?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wexler say he knew that no one else did?

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

3. Why was Mrs. Hoo missing from the group of heirs, and what did this indicate about her daily life?

4. What did Turtle mean by the expression, "Paper losses. . .doesn't mean a thing"?

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

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

7. How did Turtle think Westing meant for them to use the $10,000? What clues from the Will lead her to believe that?

8. Why did Angela become upset when everyone continually asked about Denton?

9. What did the newspaperman find out about Mr. Hoo?

10. What did the Wexlers think about the apartment shown to them?

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