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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the reading of the Will, what did Turtle do to help the others and earn some money for herself?
(a) She paid her sister, Angela, to let her see their clues.
(b) She agreed to sell her half of the $10,000 to another team.
(c) She sold candles that were designed to tell time.
(d) She agreed to combine their clues and try to solve the mystery and split the money with everyone.

2. Why did Angela and Mrs. Pulaski dress alike to go to the party?
(a) They thought one of the clues was about twins and wanted to get someone to talk about twins.
(b) They wanted to confuse everyone about who was who.
(c) They wanted to be like mother and daughter.
(d) They didn't plan it, they just happened to wear the same thing.

3. Why did Ms. Pulaski fake an illness?
(a) She wanted to advertise her special crutches and hopefully sell them.
(b) She was always faking something.
(c) She wanted everyone to think she wasn't capable of finding the answer to the clues.
(d) She wanted to get attention.

4. What caused the nervousness of Turtle and Flora Baumbach?
(a) They decided they had to try to hide their clues from Turtle's mother.
(b) They lost all their money in the stock market.
(c) They had to order stocks with their money.
(d) They found out who the murderer was and were afraid to reveal it.

5. What unique trait does each apartment in Sunset Towers have?
(a) A beautiful marble floor in the foyer.
(b) Each faces the sunset in the west.
(c) A tower in the master bedroom.
(d) A one-way window.

6. Who is Barney Northrup?
(a) None of these answers are correct.
(b) A heir of Westing.
(c) Head of an apartment management service.
(d) A lawyer.

7. What did Turtle want so badly that she was willing to accept a bet to stay in the Westing Mansion?
(a) A new bicycle.
(b) A year's subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
(c) A new outfit for school that matched one that her best friend had.
(d) A new video game.

8. Two people at Sunset Towers were not heirs. Who were they?
(a) Turtle and Chris.
(b) Sandy the doorman and Crow.
(c) Dr. Wexler and Otis.
(d) George and Catherine Theodorakis.

9. What did Mr. Hoo think caused the explosion in the kitchen of the coffee shop?
(a) A bomb.
(b) Heat from the stove.
(c) Fireworks planted in the kitchen.
(d) He thought it was faked.

10. 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?
(a) They all had a hand in taking care of Westing at some point.
(b) The sixteen residents are all nieces and nephews.
(c) They had all worked at Westing's factory at some time or other.
(d) Westing has no relatives, so he selected them as heirs.

11. Why was Turtle in Westing Mansion?
(a) She was staying there because of a bet in which she would earn $2 for each minute she stayed there.
(b) It was Halloween and she wanted to discount the story of a ghost.
(c) It was Halloween and she wanted to see the ghost that was supposed to be there.
(d) She and her friends decided to trick everyone on Halloween and pretend to be ghosts.

12. How did Mrs. Sydelle get hurt?
(a) Someone pushed her down in the hall and disappeared.
(b) She fell in the elevator while reading the notices.
(c) From the explosion in Hoo's kitchen.
(d) She slid on the ice.

13. How long did it take for all the apartments and offices in the Sunset Towers to be rented out?
(a) Six days.
(b) A week.
(c) One day.
(d) They weren't all rented.

14. Why didn't Mrs. Hoo attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?
(a) She didn't believe she was part of the Will.
(b) She wasn't told and didn't speak English so didn't hear about it.
(c) She had to open the restaurant while the others met.
(d) She was actually the murderer and didn't want to go.

15. Which of the following did not happen to Westing?
(a) He was killed by a relative.
(b) He had a daughter that he lost track of.
(c) He was found in the bedroom of Westing Mansion.
(d) He had a note beside him on the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mr. Hoo decide to stay as a guest for the party he was also catering?

2. On their third snowbound day, what decision did the heirs face?

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

4. What object was in the center of the library when the heirs gather there?

5. What was the problem with Turtle's and Flora's investigation by Chapter 15?

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