The Death of Mrs. Westaway Quiz

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Why does Ezra have to stay over the weekend at Trepassen even though he really wants to go home? (from Chapters 21 - 27)

Ezra decides he wants to stay so he can see how things turn out with the lawyer.

Harding insists that all the siblings work together to contest the will.

Ezra's car breaks down and requires repairs before he can leave.

Mrs. Westaway named her sons as co-executors of her will.

Why does Hal believe that some mistake was made when she received a letter indicating that she was named in her grandmother's will? (from Epigraph - Chapter 7)

Hal believed her grandparents had died twenty years prior.

Hal thought the letter was too good to be true.

Hal had no idea who her grandparents were.

Hal did not think a grandparent who did not know her would have included her in their will.

Why do Ezra, Abel, and Harding believe that their mother wrote her will in the way she did? (from Chapters 21 - 27)

The brothers believe their mother wrote the will the way she did out of spite.

The brothers believe someone altered their mother's will.

The brothers believe their mother wrote the will the way she did because she wanted to help Hal.

The brothers believe their mother wrote the will the way she did because she was mentally ill.

Why is Hal afraid to go into her apartment when she returns to Brighton? (from Chapters 28 - 37)

Hal is afraid she will have more bills piled up.

Hal is afraid Mr. Smith will have ransacked her apartment.

Hal is afraid Mr. Smith or one of his men might be there.

Hal is afraid that the locks on her apartment will have been changed because she did not pay the rent.

Why does Hal tell Ezra, Abel, and Harding that she let things go on for so long even though she suspected that she was not Maud's daughter? (from Chapters 28 - 37)

Hal tells them she had intentionally tried to deceive them.

Hal tells them that she had really wanted to be part of a family.

Hal tells them she had been in desperate need of money.

Hal does not give them a reason when they ask why she deceived them for so long.