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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. Using the clues provided, and accounting for the missing words, who did Sydelle Pulaski announce as the murderer?

2. What did Turtle find out about Sandy after the game ends?

3. At the end of the story, what had happened to Judge Ford?

4. Who really took Turtle's Mickey Mouse clock?

5. What noble thing did Angela do at her shower?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Sydelle dress for the meeting in red and white stripes and decorate her cane with stars on blue?

4. Why did George Theodorakis falter while telling the story of Violet Westing?

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

6. Why was Turtle so happy at the last meeting of the heirs?

7. What clues indicate to the reader that the heirs were jittery and nervous after the repeated bombings?

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

9. Why did Mrs. Wexler's attitude suddenly change toward Turtle at the end of the novel?

10. The second time the heirs signed the receipt for their invitation, they changed the description of the position they were signing as. Why was this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Parallelism is one of the literary devices used in The Westing Game. One example of parallelism is that of Angela/Theo and Violet Westing and George Theodorakis. Find at least one other example of parallelism in the novel and discuss it. What purpose would the author maybe have for including those examples of parallelism?

Essay Topic 3

The pairings of the heirs is very unusual. In what ways are the pairings not what might be expected? How did they work out better than anticipated? Chris said that everyone had the perfect partner. Choose 3 partnerships and explain how they were perfect in an expository essay. If you don't think they were perfect, discuss the reasons for your opinion.

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