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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 didn't think Dr. Wexler had enough patients to need a bookkeeper.
(c) Turtle was too young to know about bookkeeping.
(d) He knew Dr. Wexler was with another woman.

2. What is the significance of the limp that is mentioned?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Because Chris saw a person with a limp going into Westing House.
(c) It shows the personality of Turtle in the story.
(d) It serves as a distractor in determining who is the mysterious person.

3. How did Judge Ford describe Mrs. Wexler?
(a) As a sophisticated lady.
(b) As a social climber.
(c) As a beautiful matron.
(d) As a controlling busybody.

4. Why did Turtle run out of the mansion after only eleven minutes?
(a) She heard a throbbing whisper and ran away.
(b) The boys pretended to be ghosts and scared her.
(c) She felt a waxy hand grab her arm.
(d) She only needed $22.

5. What is strange about the Westing House?
(a) It is supposed to be empty but has smoke coming out of the chimney.
(b) Kids live in it all alone.
(c) Mr. Westing is found dead in it.
(d) It has reflective windows all around.

6. Why did Doug panic when Mr. Hoo mentioned alibis?
(a) Because he couldn't remember where he was the night of the murder.
(b) Because he was the one who murdered Mr. Westing.
(c) Because he had been there the night of the supposed murder.
(d) Because he knew who the culprit was and didn't want them caught.

7. Where was the next bomb planned to be?
(a) In the Wexler apartment.
(b) In the Westing Mansion.
(c) In the elevator.
(d) In the Hoo's restaurant.

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

9. Who did Turtle say her mother thought stole the shorthand notebook?
(a) Mr. Hoo.
(b) Crow.
(c) Angela.
(d) Turtle.

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

11. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?
(a) It was turned into a bulletin board.
(b) It broke down and wasn't repaired for some time.
(c) It became a meeting place for sharing clues among pairs.
(d) A person was murdered in it.

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

13. What clues were left on the elevator wall for all to see?
(a) Fake clues meant to mislead the other heirs.
(b) Additional clues left by Mr. Westing.
(c) Six clues found on the floor in the hallway.
(d) Fake clues teasing Turtle about her braid.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't the thief read the shorthand notes after they were stolen?

2. What was strange about the Will?

3. What was used as a fuse for the bomb set in Hoo's restaurant?

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

5. Which two residents of Sunset Towers did not go to the reading of the Will?

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