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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Turtle kick everything in her room as she left in Chapter 9?
(a) The secretary made her mad by not sharing her shorthand notes.
(b) She was always angry and always kicking things.
(c) Her mother hurt her feelings by saying everything she had belonged to Angela.
(d) Doug pulled her braid.

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

3. What is one trait of the Sunset Towers apartment building?
(a) It faces the West toward the sunset.
(b) Each apartment has a view of the Westing Mansion.
(c) It has four towers, one on each corner.
(d) It had only one apartment left to rent when the notes went out.

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

5. What did Mrs. Pulaski criticize Judge Ford about?
(a) Being snooty.
(b) Choosing her career over marriage.
(c) For doing a man's job.
(d) For not sharing her clues.

6. Why didn't Dr. Wexler attend the first meeting for the reading of the Will?
(a) He was supposed to be doing an operation but was actually gambling.
(b) He thought the meeting was stupid and wanted no part of it.
(c) He was afraid he would be picked out as the murderer.
(d) He didn't hear about the meeting.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following was NOT listed in the letters as features of the apartments?
(a) A picture window in every room.
(b) Water and sewage included in the rent.
(c) A uniformed doorman.
(d) Maid service.

11. What happened to Westing, according to the parties gathered outside Westing House?
(a) His corpse is rotting in the carpet.
(b) He is a recluse in the Mansion.
(c) He went away.
(d) He is a ghost that haunts the Mansion.

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

13. What unique idea did Otis Amber have about Westing's murder?
(a) That the clue was right before them and they couldn't recognize it.
(b) That the murderer was too clever to ever be caught.
(c) That he wasn't murdered at all.
(d) That the murderer teamed with another person who wasn't a part of their group.

14. In Chapter 13, who did Flora say Angela looked like?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Violet Westing.
(d) Her father.

15. What was the state of mind of all the tenants of Sunset Towers upon moving in?
(a) They were all content.
(b) They all had some hidden problem.
(c) They all were angry at Barney Northrup for deceiving them.
(d) They all were angry with each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?

2. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?

3. Which one of the heirs didn't believe Westing was murdered?

4. Why did Mrs. Pulaski think she should have a bigger share of the inheritance?

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

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