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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Judge Ford recognize as the famous Westing trap?
(a) The queen's sacrifice.
(b) Pitting players against each other.
(c) Various disguises.
(d) The Westing game.

2. Where did Turtle go each Saturday?
(a) To visit her finance.
(b) To visit Sandy/Westing/Eastman.
(c) To visit her sister in college.
(d) To the library.

3. Who did Sydelle think the third bomber is?
(a) Mrs. Wexler.
(b) Angela.
(c) Otis Amber.
(d) Turtle.

4. Who was the only heir the Judge did not investigate?
(a) Chris.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Crow.
(d) Sandy.

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

6. Why did Judge Ford decide to move her investigation away from the Westings and onto the heirs?
(a) She couldn't get private information released about the Westings.
(b) She saw the possible bomber coming out of the Wexler's apartment and decided to investigate that.
(c) She decided that is the best way to discover the true heir.
(d) She knew who the murderer was.

7. Why did Turtle think that it would be a good idea to call Flora Baumbach by another name?
(a) She thought Baumbach was a stupid name.
(b) She wanted to call her mom because she was so nice to her.
(c) She wanted to use Flora's name as a secret code.
(d) Because everyone thought she was saying bomb when she called her.

8. At the second meeting of the heirs for the reading of the Will, what did Turtle convince Angela not to do?
(a) Share her guess as to the mystery heir.
(b) Confess to being the bomber.
(c) Marry Dr. Deere.
(d) Tell on her for being the bomber.

9. After reexamining their clues, who did Grace and Mr. Hoo think was involved in the mystery?
(a) Turtle, because she was in everyone's business all the time.
(b) The intern, because he needed money.
(c) The lawyer, Ed Plum, just because he was a lawyer.
(d) Chris, because he might be faking needing the wheelchair.

10. What did Turtle do once Sandy had died to try and discover the mystery heir?
(a) She stole clues from others.
(b) She used the money she had earned to buy clues for others.
(c) She played the lawyer in Judge Ford's court at Westing house.
(d) She bribed Sydelle to share her notes on the Will.

11. 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 returned to college and broken her engagement to Dr. Deere.
(b) She decided to be a lawyer llike Judge Ford and put her marriage on hold until she finished school.
(c) She solved the mystery and inherited the two million dollars.
(d) She had plastic surgery to repair her scar and gotten married.

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

13. What did Turtle say she saw Crow put in Sandy's flask?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Poison.
(d) Bourbon.

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

15. Why did Turtle set off fireworks in the hall?
(a) To scare the others into sharing clues.
(b) She loved playing with fireworks and accidently set them off.
(c) To cause a disturbance while she stole clues from the others.
(d) To protect Angela, the real bomber, by appearing to be the bomber.

Short Answer Questions

1. Five years after the heirs gave up the search, why was Mr. Hoo almost happy?

2. At the time Sandy died and Turtle tried to discover the mystery heir, which were the only three heirs Otis Amber had not investigated?

3. Who did Sandy think Mr. Westing was?

4. What had changed about Dr. Deere five years after the mystery was dropped?

5. Why was Sydelle using a polka dotted crutch in Chapter 29?

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