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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was speculated as being the real reason Dr. Wexler didn't attend the first reading of the Will?
(a) He had cheated Mr. Westing out of some money.
(b) He was gambling on a game.
(c) He was angry at his wife.
(d) He had an emergency surgery.

2. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?
(a) She found a key to the front door under the mat.
(b) She pried open a window.
(c) The French doors were open as if inviting her in.
(d) The boys helped her climb up on the roof and go on the balcony.

3. What was included in the Will?
(a) The fact that Turtle would get the Mansion.
(b) The distribution of his wealth among all sixteen heirs.
(c) None of these answers are correct.
(d) The future plans for his paper plant.

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Mrs. Wexler said Turtle was helping Dr. Wexler with his bookkeeping?
(a) Because Dr. Wexler was a bookie.
(b) He knew Dr. Wexler was with another woman.
(c) Turtle was too young to know about bookkeeping.
(d) He didn't think Dr. Wexler had enough patients to need a bookkeeper.

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

10. What did Angela do when she disguised herself in Chapter 14?
(a) Followed the person she thought was the bomber.
(b) Searched under all the car hoods.
(c) Searched everyone's room for clues.
(d) Planted the next bomb.

11. What new job did Mrs. Wexler acquire?
(a) Cook for Hoo's restaurant.
(b) Seating hostess for Hoo's restaurant.
(c) Bookkeeper for her husband's business
(d) Wedding hostess.

12. 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 one-way window.
(d) A tower in the master bedroom.

13. What lie did Judge Ford catch Mrs. Wexler in at the party?
(a) She told Turtle that she was her favorite daughter.
(b) She claimed to be a niece to Mr. Westing.
(c) She claimed to know the answer to the clues.
(d) She shared a false clue to get Judge Ford to share one of hers.

14. Which two residents of Sunset Towers did not go to the reading of the Will?
(a) Turtle and Angela.
(b) Turtle and Chris.
(c) Dr. and Mrs. Wexler.
(d) Dr. Wexler and Madame Hoo.

15. How was Mr. Westing's corpse found?
(a) The group at Sunset Towers went exploring at the Mansion.
(b) A note was addressed to Turtle and mailed to her.
(c) The police received a tip from Chris after he saw a person with a limp go into the mansion.
(d) Turtle found it while attempting to spend the night in the Mansion on a dare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT listed in the letters as features of the apartments?

2. Which pair of heirs did not get their money?

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

4. What made Chris so happy about the new seating arrangement that resulted in mixing up partners?

5. What is one trait of the Sunset Towers apartment building?

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