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The Westing Game Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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

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

3. What conclusion did Judge Ford and Sandy come up with?
(a) That Westing really didn't plan to have anyone get the money.
(b) That Westing was out to get someone.
(c) That one of the brothers was the heir, probably Chris.
(d) That the best way to solve the puzzle was to combine all their clues.

4. Why couldn't the thief read the shorthand notes after they were stolen?
(a) They were written in Polish.
(b) They were written in magic disappearing ink.
(c) The note's author couldn't really write shorthand, but was pretending.
(d) No one can read shorthand.

5. What was supposed to be wrong with Sydelle Pulaski?
(a) She was supposed to have a wasting disease.
(b) She didn't get along with any of the others.
(c) She had cheated Mr. Westing and so was afraid to come to the reading.
(d) She couldn't read or write.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Madame Hoo not attend the reading of the Will?

2. Who was the first to be shown an apartment in Sunset Towers?

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

4. What will happen to the person who finds out who killed Westing?

5. Angela showed her affection for her sister in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Turtle and Flora differ in their interpretation of what it meant to "Buy Westing Paper Products?"

2. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Grace suggested that her husband was doing his bookkeeping?

3. Why was Chris watching legs from his wheelchair?

4. Describe the appearance of the six apartments in the Sunset Towers building.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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