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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Chris have about the one-way windows in his apartment?
(a) He likes them because no one can see him.
(b) He thinks they make the apartment look sharp from the outside.
(c) He feels that someone can still watch him through them.
(d) He thinks they are a waste because no one cares to watch him anyway.

2. 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 received acceptance and nurturing.
(c) She got to stop going to school so that she could help her partner.
(d) She got to keep all the $10,000.

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

4. What did Turtle want so badly that she was willing to accept a bet to stay in the Westing Mansion?
(a) A new bicycle.
(b) A new video game.
(c) A year's subscription to the Wall Street Journal.
(d) A new outfit for school that matched one that her best friend had.

5. A thief was discovered when an important piece of evidence went missing. What was the evidence that was stolen?
(a) The shorthand notes were stolen.
(b) Mr. Westing's body disappeared.
(c) The Will was stolen.
(d) One of the pair's $10,000 was stolen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Pulaski criticize Judge Ford about?

3. What did each of the pairs of heirs come to decide about the clues given to them?

4. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

5. What was supposed to be wrong with Sydelle Pulaski?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wexlers think about the apartment shown to them?

2. What did the newspaperman find out about George Theodorakis?

3. Why was Judge Ford surprised at McSouthers' description of Mrs. Westing?

4. What did Grace Wexler do that Mr. Wexler anticipated her to do and this included in the Will?

5. Why did Angela become upset when everyone continually asked about Denton?

6. Why was Mrs. Hoo missing from the group of heirs, and what did this indicate about her daily life?

7. What did the newspaperman find out about Mr. Hoo?

8. How did Turtle and Flora differ in their interpretation of what it meant to "Buy Westing Paper Products?"

9. What did the fireman and policeman say caused the explosion?

10. What story did Sandy and Otis tell about the Westing Mansion?

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