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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 caused the nervousness of Turtle and Flora Baumbach?

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

3. Why couldn't the thief read the shorthand notes after they were stolen?

4. How was Mr. Westing's corpse found?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What parting instructions were given to the heirs at the first reading of the first part of Westing's Will?

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

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

4. Why did Mr. Hoo laugh when Grace suggested that her husband was doing his bookkeeping?

5. How didTurtle feel about Dr. Deere, Angela's fiance?

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

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

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

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

10. When did the second bomb go off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam Westing is a very unusual character, both in his original identity and in his disguises. What are some of the unusual character traits of Sam and his disguises? What are some traits that the characters/disguises have in common? Why does he use disguises? Do any of his disguises strongly hint at what Westing is REALLY like? Support your ideas with examples from the book.

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

Character refers to particular traits of a character in a novel. Characterization refers to the author's way of revealing those character traits. Discuss one of the characters, giving a couple of distinct traits and show examples of how Ellen Raskin characterizes that character. Be sure to include plenty of examples from the novel.

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