WG #8

J.J. Ford realized

• Turtle would not be able to solve the Westing game.

• Turtle looked and acted like Berthe Crow.

• Turtle looked and acted like Violet Westing.

• Turtle looked and acted like Sam Westing.

What is revealed about Otis Amber in chapter 26?

• He is really a private investigator.

• He is really married to Berthe Crow.

• He has a secret wife and family.

• He will win the Westing game.

What happened with Madame Hoo?

• She was seeking a divorce from James Hoo.

• She did not know Doug won the huge track race.

• She confessed her feelings to Jake.

• She returned the stolen goods, and everyone knows she was the thief.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What was important about Denton Deere's interaction with Sandy when he collapsed?

• Denton signed Sandy's death certificate.

• Denton used CPR to resuscitate Sandy.

• Denton knew Sandy was still alive when he was taken away by Dr. Sikes.

• Denton heard Sandy's last words which were the answer to the Westing game.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following statements is true?

• J.J. Ford paid back her debt to Sam Westing by giving the money to Berthe Crow.

• J.J. Ford never paid back her debt to Sam Westing.

• J.J. Ford believed she didn't need to pay back her debt to Sam Westing because he gave her the money in the first place.

• J.J. Ford paid back her debt to Sam Westing by signing over the game checks to Sandy McSouthers.

Turtle tells everyone Sam Westing died because

• she wanted to have an edge over the other heirs so that she could win the game.

• she believed Sam had died.

• she and Sam had made a plan together that she would tell everyone he had died.

• she thought Sandy died.

Which of the following contains Sam Westing's identities?

• Windy Windkloppel, Otis Amber, Barney Northrup

• Windy Windkloppel, Sandy McSouthers, George Theodorakis

• Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers, Julian Eastman

• Barney Northrup, Windy Windkloppel, Sidney Sikes

Why did Sam Westing create the Westing game in regard to Berthe Crow?

• to tell Crow that she was innocent of their daughter's death; forgiveness

• to obtain revenge on Crow for pressuring their daughter so much that she killed herself

• so that Crow could win the game and have the money that she would have had if she and Sam had not divorced

• so that Crow would be arrested for his death as a punishment for their daughter's death

When Turtle acts dumb and asks J.J. to repeat the question, this is an example of

• again and again

• a ha! moment

• words of the wiser

• contrast and contradiction

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did Sam Westing burn the Westing mansion to the ground?

• He didn't realize that the fireworks would have such a damaging effect.

• He wanted to claim the fire insurance money.

• He wanted to relieve Bertha Crow of her terrible memories of that time in their lives.

• He wanted to die in his old home.