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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Judge Ford believe must be protected and why?
(a) The lawyer, because he knew Westing's secrets.
(b) Berthe Crow because she believed Crow is Westing's ex-wife.
(c) Sandy, because he drank on the job.
(d) Berthe Crow, because she killed Westing's daughter.

2. What did Judge Ford do to repay her debt to Sam Westing?
(a) Helped Turtle go to law school.
(b) Pay for Chris's education just as Westing had done for her.
(c) Turned all the money from her inheritance over to Crow.
(d) Represented Crow in her trial.

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

4. How did Chris feel at the prospect of being taken hostage by Doctor Deere?
(a) He was glad because then Turtle couldn't get to him.
(b) He was thrilled with the attention.
(c) He was afraid he would miss the wedding.
(d) He was afraid Dr. Deere would steal the whole check.

5. Why was Sydelle using a polka dotted crutch in Chapter 29?
(a) She never recovered from a bombing injury.
(b) She still used a crutch to get the extra attention from others.
(c) She carried a crutch only as a fashion statement, changing the design to match her dresses.
(d) She had sprained her knee dancing the tango at a party.

6. Using the clues provided, and accounting for the missing words, who did Sydelle Pulaski announce as the murderer?
(a) Otis Amber.
(b) Grace Wexler.
(c) James Shin Hoo.
(d) Berthe Erica Crow.

7. Why was Theo in the hospital?
(a) He was hurt in a chemistry experiment explosion.
(b) He had a bicycle accident.
(c) He was hurt when someone hit him in the elevator.
(d) He was hurt when setting one of the bombs.

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

9. According to the judge, what was Westing's first mistake?
(a) He invited Mrs. Wexler, thinking she was a relative.
(b) He invited Sydelle Pulaski instead of Sybill Pulaski.
(c) He should not have included the Hoo's.
(d) He included Dr. Wexler who was a bookie.

10. Why was Grace's voice thick and slurred when she got to the second reading of the Will?
(a) She had been drinking.
(b) She was up all night studying her clues.
(c) She was acting silly with her husband.
(d) She was excited about the new meeting.

11. Who did Turtle tell about her knowledge of who Sam Westing was?
(a) Only her sister, Angela and her husband, Theo.
(b) Only her husband, Theo.
(c) No one at all.
(d) All the heirs.

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

13. At the beginning of the last chapter, who is dying and what from?
(a) Mrs. Wexler from a poison mushroom in the restaurant.
(b) Eastman/Westing from natural causes.
(c) Sydelle from complications of a broken hip.
(d) Mrs. Hoo from grief over not going to China.

14. What did Eastman know about Angela that surprises Turtle?
(a) That she didn't really love Dr. Deere.
(b) That she was the bomber.
(c) That she was her mother's favorite.
(d) That she didn't love her dad at all, just her mother.

15. Why did Turtle lie about Otis Amber?
(a) She didn't want to upset the dying Westing.
(b) She was a person who would rather tell a lie than the truth.
(c) She wanted Westing to include him in the inheritance.
(d) She was trying to keep him from being fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Judge Ford tell the heirs about the two million dollars?

2. What did Turtle confess to the judge in Chapter 21?

3. What about Otis Amber surprised everyone when he came up to testify?

4. Who did Sydelle think the third bomber is?

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

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