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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why was Angela upset and crying at the party?
(a) He fiance had broke up with her.
(b) Someone said something nasty to her.
(c) She was tired of her mother running everything for her.
(d) She had lost her clues.

7. What will happen to the person who finds out who killed Westing?
(a) They are to hire a lawyer for their defense.
(b) They will be excluded from the Will.
(c) They will inherit everything.
(d) They are to see that they are prosecuted.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the setting of Chapter 7?
(a) In the game room of Westing House.
(b) In the lawyer's office.
(c) The book doesn't say.
(d) In the restaurant in Sunset Towers.

14. What did Sandy the doorman do every time he delivered a present for Angela's shower?
(a) He asked Mrs. Wexler if she had any idea who the killer was.
(b) He yelled, "Where is everyone?"
(c) He told Mrs. Wexler that he and his partner had the answer to the mystery.
(d) He yelled, "Boom!" because of the bombs.

15. Each of the pairs of heirs gained something from their partner. What did Turtle gain from her partner?
(a) She got to share all the clues with other partners.
(b) She got to keep all the $10,000.
(c) She got to stop going to school so that she could help her partner.
(d) She received acceptance and nurturing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Mrs. Wexler said Turtle was helping Dr. Wexler with his bookkeeping?

2. Why did Angela hesitate to call the fire department?

3. What was strange about the Will?

4. What did Angela think Turtle's "crutch" was?

5. Which character had a strange mystery around them?

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