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The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin

Chapter One: Sunset Towers

"the sun sets in the west (just about everybody knows that), but sunset towers faced east. strange! sunset towers faced east and had no towers. this glittery, glassy apartment house stood alone on the lake michigan shore five stories high. five empty stories high. then one day (it happened to be the fourth of july), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be. the letters were signed barney northrup. the delivery boy was sixty-two years old, and there was no such person as barney northrup."

Choose and answer all three of the following questions:
1. This is the beginning of a book. What genre (science fiction, non-fiction, biography, mystery, fantasy, horror, suspense, adventure) does this book probably fit into? How can you tell?

2. This is a good hook, because it draws the reader into the story and makes them ask themselves questions. What questions does this hook make you ask? List 3 of your questions.
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3. There is a huge grammatical problem in this passage. Please go through and fix it with a different colored pen.