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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 happened to the two boys who were to stay overnight at the Westing House?
2. Which of the following is not true of the Westing Mansion?
3. From her newspaper research, which of the following did Judge Ford find had a connection to Mr. Westing?
4. What did each of the pairs of heirs come to decide about the clues given to them?
5. What was Angela's family's reaction to her fiance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Turtle mean by the expression, "Paper losses. . .doesn't mean a thing"?
2. What did the newspaperman find out about George Theodorakis?
3. How did Turtle get her nickname?
4. What story did Sandy and Otis tell about the Westing Mansion?
5. How didTurtle feel about Dr. Deere, Angela's fiance?
6. When did the second bomb go off?
7. What two unusual things happened at the supposed empty Westing Mansion?
8. What did the newspaperman find out about Mr. Hoo?
9. How did Turtle and Flora differ in their interpretation of what it meant to "Buy Westing Paper Products?"
10. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Grace suggested that her husband was doing his bookkeeping?
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
One of the devices in novel writing is to show growth/changes in the characters. In the Westing Game, the characters are somewhat equally important. Choose any one character and fully discuss that character's growth over the course of the novel. Be sure to show examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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