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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the elevator of Sunset Towers?

3. What was the state of mind of all the tenants of Sunset Towers upon moving in?

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

5. What was strange about the Will?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Chris watching legs from his wheelchair?

3. What happened in the coffee shop when the heirs were having a meeting?

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

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

6. Describe the appearance of the six apartments in the Sunset Towers building.

7. What two things did Turtle find in the mansion on Halloween night?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Sam Westing devised the Westing game? What insight into his thoughts does the author give us as clues to his motives? What do you think about his motives? Do you approve of what he did, or not? Why or why not? Give examples from the book for your answers, including why you may or may not approve of his motives - i.e., how did what he do affect the various characters?

Essay Topic 2

The Judge and Sandy do quite a bit of research and an elaborate analysis of the clues. They never, however, discover the true solution to the puzzle. Where did they err? Given the same knowledge, why did they not come up with the same solution that Turtle did? Did Sandy, as Westing, affect the conclusion in any way? Show examples from the text where he may have given a false clue, leading Judge Ford to make the wrong assumption.

Essay Topic 3

Every character in a well-written novel serves a purpose for being in the story. All of the characters in the Westing Game are either related to Westing on some level or were relatives of Westing - except for Denton Deere. What might Westing's purpose have been for including Deere among the heirs? What did Deere do that would help serve Westing's purpose? Use examples from the book to show Deere's possible purpose in the novel.

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