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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 did Judge Ford lose that she posted a wanted sign for?
(a) Her copy of the Will.
(b) Her check for $10,000.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) Her clues.

2. Why was Angela upset and crying at the party?
(a) Someone said something nasty to her.
(b) She was tired of her mother running everything for her.
(c) She had lost her clues.
(d) He fiance had broke up with her.

3. Which one of the heirs didn't believe Westing was murdered?
(a) Mr. Hoo.
(b) Judge J.J. Ford.
(c) Chris.
(d) Turtle.

4. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?
(a) The boys helped her climb up on the roof and go on the balcony.
(b) She found a key to the front door under the mat.
(c) The French doors were open as if inviting her in.
(d) She pried open a window.

5. Which of the following is not true of the Westing Mansion?
(a) It had smoke coming from the chimney.
(b) It was supposedly empty.
(c) Its owner held an open house.
(d) It had a fence around it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the nervousness of Turtle and Flora Baumbach?

2. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

3. What did Mr. Hoo think caused the explosion in the kitchen of the coffee shop?

4. What happened to Westing, according to the parties gathered outside Westing House?

5. Who did Turtle say her mother thought stole the shorthand notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Turtle get her nickname?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What parting instructions were given to the heirs at the first reading of the first part of Westing's Will?

7. What story did Sandy and Otis tell about the Westing Mansion?

8. When did the second bomb go off?

9. How didTurtle feel about Dr. Deere, Angela's fiance?

10. What did Grace Wexler do that Mr. Wexler anticipated her to do and this included in the Will?

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