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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Judge Ford lose that she posted a wanted sign for?
(a) Her check for $10,000.
(b) Her clues.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) Her copy of the Will.

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

4. What was used as a fuse for the bomb set in Hoo's restaurant?
(a) A roll of rags.
(b) One of Turtle's timed candles.
(c) A rolled up newspaper.
(d) A candle wick.

5. 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) Doug pulled her braid.
(d) Her mother hurt her feelings by saying everything she had belonged to Angela.

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

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

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

9. 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 found out who the murderer was and were afraid to reveal it.
(c) They lost all their money in the stock market.
(d) They had to order stocks with their money.

10. 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) Mr. Westing's body disappeared.
(d) One of the pair's $10,000 was stolen.

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

12. Which one of the heirs didn't believe Westing was murdered?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Judge J.J. Ford.
(c) Mr. Hoo.
(d) Chris.

13. 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 fact that she had seen Angela's fiance with another girl.
(c) The story that Mr. Westing's corpse lay rotting in the Mansion.
(d) A scandal she had heard about Angela's fiance.

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

15. Who was the first to be shown an apartment in Sunset Towers?
(a) Dr. and Mrs. Wexler.
(b) Barney Northrup.
(c) Sydelle Pulaski.
(d) Alexander.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?

2. How did Mrs. Sydelle get hurt?

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

4. Several people are mentioned as limping. What is the reason given?

5. Why did Turtle run out of the mansion after only eleven minutes?

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