Westing Game

What did Turtle say to Sandy and the others when she rode up on her bike?

• Two men had been robbed in the lobby of Sunset Towers

• There was smoke coming from the chimney of the Westing house.

• A restaurant called Westing's was opening up across the street.

• Mr. Westing's boat had been taken out from its slip on Lake Michigan.

Which of these did Sam Westing reveal in his will?

• Someone in the room had tampered with his original will.

• Every one of the heirs knew what he or she owed Westing.

• His life had been taken from him by one of the heirs.

• He wanted the heirs to divide into three teams to solve the mystery.

Turtle thought the clues meant that the ......

• check was to be spent in the stock market.

• heirs were supposed to donate the money to charity.

• key to the puzzle was in an obscure court case.

• teams would find their next clue on a beach.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What information about James Hoo did the newspaperman give Judge Ford?

• He used to run the company that provided meals at Westing's factories.

• His eldest son and Westing's son had been best friends when they were boys.

• As a teenager, he won an Olympic gold medal in track for China.

• He had sued Westing for stealing his idea of the disposable paper diaper.

While seated at Hoo's with her father, Turtle said she knew that he .....

• wasn't Angela's real father.

• hated being a doctor.

• was a bookie.

• had hired Otis.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What was Mrs. Baumbach's connection to Westing?

• Her mother had cared for Sam when he was a young boy.

• Her son had received a college scholarship from Westing's foundation.

• She had been the interior decorator for the Westing house when it was built.

• She had made a wedding gown for Violet, which Violet never got to wear.

What did Theo see Crow and Otis do when he followed them?

• They helped bums up and led them to the soup kitchen.

• They took toys to an orphanage and handed them out to the children.

• They visited a very old woman in a nursing home.

• They sat in the library and looked through old newspaper articles.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following did Turtle say on the day Crow was arrested?

• The only person she had kicked that day was Barney Northrup.

• Julian Eastman had left a package in the lobby of Sunset Towers.

• Nobody had ever seen Sam Westing and Doctor Sikes together at the same time.

• One of the sons of Sandy McSouthers owned a costume shop.

When questioned, what did Otis Amber admit?

• He was a board-certified plastic surgeon.

• He had been engaged to Violet Westing.

• He was a licensed private investigator.

• He had sold several costumes and wigs to Sam.

Why was T.R. Wexler radiant at the party at the Hoo's lakefront home?

• She had won her first chess game from the master earlier that day.

• She had been appointed to the state supreme court that morning.

• She had just been accepted into veterinary school.

• She knew Julian would be there disguised as one of the catering waiters.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2