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

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

3. Why did Mr. Hoo decide to stay as a guest for the party he was also catering?
(a) He was made to feel very welcome by Mrs. Wexler.
(b) Turtle begged him and he could never refuse her.
(c) His son was going to be honored for winning a medal.
(d) He realized there would be talk of the clues.

4. There was a lot of speculation by the group outside Westing House about how Westing died. Which of the following was NOT a part of that speculation?
(a) He got stung by a bee.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He was poisoned.
(d) Turtle stumbled and fell on his head.

5. A thief was discovered when an important piece of evidence went missing. What was the evidence that was stolen?
(a) Mr. Westing's body disappeared.
(b) One of the pair's $10,000 was stolen.
(c) The shorthand notes were stolen.
(d) The Will was stolen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

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

4. What unique idea did Otis Amber have about Westing's murder?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why was Chris watching legs from his wheelchair?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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