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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?

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

3. What unique trait does each apartment in Sunset Towers have?

4. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Turtle get her nickname?

3. Why was Chris watching legs from his wheelchair?

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Judge Ford surprised at McSouthers' description of Mrs. Westing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Crow and Grace Wexler. What do they have in common, what is different about them? How do their personalities compare?

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes in The Westing Game is that of family. The heirs are all related in some way, except for Denton Deere, and he is Angela's fiance. However, by the end of the novel, other close ties are formed by the characters, making them a sort of "family" on a different plane. Discuss one or two of the relationships that develop and discuss why they may have formed that particular relationship. What needs for each character are being met? Give examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Deductive reasoning is a technique for taking meaning from a work of literature. It involves logic: the conclusion drawn when fact one relates in a certain way to fact two. However, often an invalid logic statement results when fact one and fact two are not true. The conclusion is therefore not true, though the relationship between the first two facts is logical. Find an example of such a situation in the novel and discuss it fully.

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