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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Westing Game: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why would there be no autopsy on Westing's body?
(a) Westing's religion forbade autopsies.
(b) None of these answers are correct.
(c) His relatives objected to doing one.
(d) Westing's body was already embalmed.

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

4. Why were the residents of Sunset Towers given an invitation to the reading of Westing's Will?
(a) Westing's daughter invited them to come.
(b) They were to solve the mystery of Westing's death.
(c) They weren't invited, but came out of curiousity.
(d) They were invited because Westing had no relatives left to inherit his estate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT listed in the letters as features of the apartments?

2. What did Turtle want so badly that she was willing to accept a bet to stay in the Westing Mansion?

3. Which pair of heirs did not get their money?

4. When E.J. Plum started the reading of the Will, what do readers find out about why the residents of Sunset Towers were included in the Will?

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

(see the answer key)

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