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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Hoo promise his business partner in Chapter 27?
(a) He would share the profits equally.
(b) He would promote their product worldwide.
(c) He would take her to China.
(d) He would reinvest their earnings.

2. What did Sam Westing do as his "last finale?"
(a) Announced Turtle as his lost daughter.
(b) Announced Crow as his ex-wife.
(c) Lost at his ongoing chess game.
(d) Set a fireworks display that burned the Westing house.

3. Why did Dr. Deere take Chris to the hospital?
(a) For a visit to Angela.
(b) To keep him from searching for clues.
(c) To get a new treatment for his ailment that didn't involve surgery.
(d) To show Chris what Dr. Deere did all day.

4. What did Chris get so excited about that he startled the Judge?
(a) Someone going into Westing house.
(b) Canada geese.
(c) Turtle planting another bomb.
(d) The answer to the clues.

5. Who was Turtle's least favorite of all the heirs?
(a) Judge Ford.
(b) Sandy.
(c) James Shin Hoo.
(d) Dr. Denton Deere.

6. What noble thing did Angela do at her shower?
(a) Shared her presents with Turtle.
(b) Saved Turtle from being harmed by the bomb.
(c) Gave Turtle her clues since she was about to be married and too busy to pursue the mystery.
(d) Fixed Turtle's hair in a new style that made her look more attractive.

7. Who got married in Hoo's Restaurant?
(a) Angela and Denton Deere.
(b) Crow and Otis Amber.
(c) Turtle and Chris.
(d) Angela and Theo.

8. Which heir did Judge Ford believe was actually Sam Westing?
(a) Crow.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Mrs. Wexler.
(d) Turtle.

9. What did Judge Ford do at the second meeting that shocked everyone?
(a) She announced who the mystery heir was.
(b) She confessed to being the bomber.
(c) She wore a full ethnic costume, with a turban on her head.
(d) She resigned from the game because she wanted to protect someone.

10. What did Theo discover when he analyzed his clues?
(a) The letters spell out the full name of one of the heirs.
(b) The letters of his clues didn't spell anything that he could determine.
(c) The formula for an explosive and the name of a suspect.
(d) The letters don't spell the initials of four of the heirs.

11. How did Chris presume the blank envelope ended up in his bathrobe?
(a) The bomber mistakenly put it there.
(b) Angela gave it to him.
(c) Turtle put it there.
(d) Theo put it there to give to Angela.

12. What had changed in Angela's life in the five years since Sandy died and the heirs gave up their search for the mystery?
(a) She had plastic surgery to repair her scar and gotten married.
(b) She decided to be a lawyer llike Judge Ford and put her marriage on hold until she finished school.
(c) She had returned to college and broken her engagement to Dr. Deere.
(d) She solved the mystery and inherited the two million dollars.

13. What indication was there that the heirs were jittery?
(a) They stayed inside and kept their doors locked.
(b) They accused each other of being the bomber, even their partners.
(c) They kept calling the bomb squad to check things.
(d) They snuck around watching each other.

14. What assignment did Theo give to Doug Hoo?
(a) To find out what Turtle was up to.
(b) To help his dad in the restaurant while he, Theo, searched for clues.
(c) To find out what Judge Ford knew.
(d) To follow Otis Amber.

15. What happened to the Westing Paper Products stock in Chapter 20?
(a) It was not traded at all for some reason.
(b) It bottomed out.
(c) It went down just a little below what Turtle had paid for it.
(d) It was the highest ever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Theo think that he must be dreaming?

2. At the second meeting of the heirs for the reading of the Will, what did Turtle convince Angela not to do?

3. Who was the bomber?

4. When they could no longer work as partners, what did Theo suggest the heirs do?

5. Who were the only two people in the group of heirs that Crow cared about?

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