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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 did Angela think Turtle's "crutch" was?

2. Which of the following did not happen to Westing?

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

4. What is strange about the Westing House?

5. What important clue did Theo give Angela?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did the second bomb go off?

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

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

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

7. What did Wexler say he knew that no one else did?

8. What did the fireman and policeman say caused the explosion?

9. How did Turtle get her nickname?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Literary elements are those parts of a literary piece that are always evident, such as character, setting, plot, etc. Literary devices are manipulations of both language and literary elements that occur in a particular story by the author to make the reading more interesting. Discuss and give examples of how Ellen Raskin handles either or both of these in a unique way to make her story more interesting to the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Ellen Raskin has stated that the character she most identifies with from the novel is Angela. However, Turtle develops into being the main character. Why is Turtle the best choice to be the main character? Give examples from the book as to why Turtle makes the best main character. What about some of the other characters and their feelings about Westing? How would that make them not the most likely main character? Give examples from the novel about how Turtle feels about Westing in all his disguises.

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