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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. At the second meeting of the heirs for the reading of the Will, what did Turtle convince Angela not to do?

2. Who was Turtle's least favorite of all the heirs?

3. What happened to the Westing Paper Products stock in Chapter 20?

4. Which heir did Judge Ford believe was actually Sam Westing?

5. Who did Theo find out he had been playing chess with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Turtle suddenly realize about the winning clue in Chapter 26?

2. What confession did Turtle finally make that changed the way Judge Ford looked at the Westing game?

3. What did Turtle do that made her the winner of the two million dollars?

4. Why had Turtle and Theo decided against having children?

5. What did Mr. Hoo do that convinced Crow he couldn't be the bomber?

6. Why did the Judge Ford warn Sandy that they needed to keep their wits about them in Chapter 24?

7. After reexamining their clues, who did Grace and Mr. Hoo think was involved in the mystery?

8. What realization did Judge Ford suddenly make that convinced her that Westing was still alive?

9. Who was Rosalie and how did she die?

10. After examining all her information for the newspaperman, who did Judge Ford believe must be protected from Westing's mischief and why did she think this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Each heir that played the game changed in ways that might be unexpected. Analyze how each heir changed over the course of the game. How did working on the puzzle, working with the partner they had, and having the $10,000 at their disposal bring about certain changes?

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