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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. Where was the next bomb planned to be?

2. What did Judge Ford decide to do to help solve the puzzle?

3. What did Sandy the doorman do every time he delivered a present for Angela's shower?

4. Why did Doug panic when Mr. Hoo mentioned alibis?

5. A thief was discovered when an important piece of evidence went missing. What was the evidence that was stolen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Chris watching legs from his wheelchair?

3. Why were the tenants purchasing so many Westing Paper Products?

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

5. Why did Sydelle want Angela to dress as her twin for the party?

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

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

8. At the first reading of the Will, what did Ed Plum give to each pair of heirs?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

One of the traits of the mystery genre is a crime. There is not truly a crime committed in The Westing Game, so how can it still be considered a mystery? What makes it a mystery? Use examples from the book to defend 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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