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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 did each of the pairs of heirs come to decide about the clues given to them?
(a) That it would take all the clues together to solve the puzzle.
(b) That the clues meant nothing.
(c) That they knew the answer to the puzzle.
(d) That they didn't have the right clues.

2. What was the problem with Turtle's and Flora's investigation by Chapter 15?
(a) They were losing money at the stock market.
(b) They had a major disagreement.
(c) They got caught stealing a clue from Angela.
(d) They lost all their clues.

3. Why did Turtle run out of the mansion after only eleven minutes?
(a) She felt a waxy hand grab her arm.
(b) She only needed $22.
(c) The boys pretended to be ghosts and scared her.
(d) She heard a throbbing whisper and ran away.

4. On their third snowbound day, what decision did the heirs face?
(a) Whether or not to continue with the game.
(b) Whether or not to share their clues.
(c) Whether or not Crow was the murderer.
(d) Whether or not Mr. Westing was tricking them.

5. What made Chris so happy about the new seating arrangement that resulted in mixing up partners?
(a) He was considered as a murder suspect.
(b) He got to share clues with another heir.
(c) He liked his new partner very much.
(d) He didn't have to talk to his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Mrs. Wexler said Turtle was helping Dr. Wexler with his bookkeeping?

2. What is one trait of the Sunset Towers apartment building?

3. What object was in the center of the library when the heirs gather there?

4. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

5. What caused the nervousness of Turtle and Flora Baumbach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Turtle think Westing meant for them to use the $10,000? What clues from the Will lead her to believe that?

2. When did the second bomb go off?

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

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

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

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

7. What two unusual things happened at the supposed empty Westing Mansion?

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

9. What did Turtle mean by the expression, "Paper losses. . .doesn't mean a thing"?

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

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