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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Several people are mentioned as limping. What is the reason given?
(a) They got kicked by Turtle.
(b) We are never told why they limp.
(c) They stepped in a hole.
(d) They have a long-term physical handicap.

3. What was Angela's family's reaction to her fiance?
(a) Her mother liked him, but Turtle considered him a gold-digger.
(b) All family members liked him.
(c) None of these answers.
(d) Turtle like him, but Mrs. Wexler thought he was a gold-digger, only out for her daughter's inheritance.

4. Angela showed her affection for her sister in what way?
(a) She offered to hem her costume for her.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) She always agreed with whatever her sister wanted.
(d) She encouraged Turtle in her wild schemes.

5. What did Angela think Turtle's "crutch" was?
(a) Her braid.
(b) Her skill in the stock market.
(c) Her big mouth.
(d) Her daring nature.

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

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

8. What name did Turtle tell Flora was her real name?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Roaslie.
(c) Alice.
(d) Sybil.

9. What discovery did Chris Theodorakis make while birdwatching?
(a) He saw Mr. Westing coming out of the Mansion.
(b) He found a purple marlin on the roof of the Mansion.
(c) He saw Turtle and the gang getting ready to go into the Mansion.
(d) He saw a person with a limp going into Westing Mansion.

10. What exciting story did Turtle have to tell her family, but decided not to tell all the details?
(a) The ghost story related to the Westing Mansion.
(b) The story that Mr. Westing's corpse lay rotting in the Mansion.
(c) A scandal she had heard about Angela's fiance.
(d) The fact that she had seen Angela's fiance with another girl.

11. What made Chris so happy about the new seating arrangement that resulted in mixing up partners?
(a) He was considered as a murder suspect.
(b) He got to share clues with another heir.
(c) He didn't have to talk to his brother.
(d) He liked his new partner very much.

12. Each of the pairs of heirs gained something from their partner. What did Turtle gain from her partner?
(a) She received acceptance and nurturing.
(b) She got to keep all the $10,000.
(c) She got to share all the clues with other partners.
(d) She got to stop going to school so that she could help her partner.

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

14. What feeling does Chris have about the one-way windows in his apartment?
(a) He thinks they make the apartment look sharp from the outside.
(b) He feels that someone can still watch him through them.
(c) He thinks they are a waste because no one cares to watch him anyway.
(d) He likes them because no one can see him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Dr. Wexler attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?

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

3. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?

4. Why didn't Mrs. Hoo attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?

5. Why did Turtle kick everything in her room as she left in Chapter 9?

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