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

2. Where was the next bomb planned to be?
(a) In the Wexler apartment.
(b) In the elevator.
(c) In the Westing Mansion.
(d) In the Hoo's restaurant.

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

4. What name did Turtle tell Flora was her real name?
(a) Alice.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Roaslie.
(d) Sybil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Chris sign the check and give his partner his half of the money?

2. What is the setting of Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 13, who did Flora say Angela looked like?

4. Why was Angela upset and crying at the party?

5. How did Turtle get into Westing Mansion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What parting instructions were given to the heirs at the first reading of the first part of Westing's Will?

3. How did Turtle get her nickname?

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

5. What sort of letter did the tenants of Sunset Towers receive, and what did it instruct them to do?

6. Why did Sydelle Pulaski walk with a gaily painted crutch, and for what reason did she claim to need it?

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

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

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

10. Why did Angela search under the hoods of the cars in the parking lot?

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