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WorksheetsThe Westing Game (17-20)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Age: 57. Mother died at childbirth, raised by father (deceased). Education: 1 year of high school. Married at 16, divorced at 40. Ex- husband’s name: Windy Windkloppel. Hospital records: problems related to chronic alcoholism. Police record: 3 arrests for vagrancy. Gave up drinking when she took up religion. Started the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen on Skid Row. Works as cleaning woman in Sunset Towers, lives in maid’s apartment on fourth floor.
a)
Berthe Erica Crow
b)
Grace Wexler
c)
Sydelle Pulaski
d)
Flora Baumbach
2.
Age: 45. Podiatrist. Graduated from Marquette. Married 22 years, has two daughters . Bookie.
a)
Sam Westing
b)
Barney Northrup
c)
Jake Wexler
d)
James Shin Hoo
3.
Born with last name Windkloppel. Age: 42. Married to Jake. Claims to be an interior decorator. Spends most of her time in the Chinese restaurant or the beauty parlor. She and Jake have two daughters.
a)
Madame Hoo
b)
Grace Wexler
c)
Angela Wexler
d)
Mrs. Theodorakis
4.
Age: 20. Engaged to marry D. Denton Deere (also an heir). One year college (high grades). Victim of third bombing. Embroiders a lot.
a)
Turtle Wexler
b)
Sydelle Pulaski
c)
Angela Wexler
d)
Berthe Erica Crow
5.
Real name: Tabitha-Ruth Wexler. Age: 13. Junior-high- school student. Plays the stock market. Smart kid, but kicks people. Flora Baumbach calls her Alice.
a)
Flora Baumbach
b)
Grace Wexler
c)
Angela Wexler
d)
Turtle Wexler
6.
Age: 17. High- school senior. Works in family coffee shop. Wants to be a writer. Seems lonely; can’t find anyone to play chess with.
a)
Chris Theodorakis
b)
Theo Theodorakis
c)
Doug Hoo
d)
Otis Amber
7.
Age: 15. Younger brother of above. Confined to wheelchair; disease struck about four years ago. Knows a lot about birds.
a)
Otis Amber
b)
Doug Hoo
c)
Theo Theodorakis
d)
Chris Theodorakis
8.
Age: 65. Born: Edinburgh, Scotland. Immigrated to Wisconsin, age 3. Education: eighth grade. Jobs: mill worker, union organizer, prizefighter, doorman. Married, six children, two grandchildren. Westing connection: Worked in Westing Paper plant 20 years. Fired by Sam Westing himself for trying to organize the workers. No pension.
a)
Barney Northrup
b)
Otis Amber
c)
Sandy McSouthers
d)
Jake Wexler
9.
Age: 25. Graduate of UW Medical School. First-year intern, plastic surgery. Parents live in Racine (not heirs). Westing connection: Engaged to Angela Wexler (see Wexlers), who looks like Sam Westing’s daughter, Violet, who was also engaged to be married, but to a politician not an intern.
a)
Otis Amber
b)
Dr. Wexler
c)
D Denton Deere
d)
George Theodorakis
10.
“I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game.”
a)
Turtle Wexler
b)
Rosalie Baumbach
c)
JJ Ford
d)
Angela Wexler
11.
Age: 50. Education: high school, one year secretarial school. Secretary to the president of Schultz Sausages. Is taking her first vacation in 25 years (six months’ saved-up time). Lived with widowed mother and two aunts until she moved to Sunset Towers. Walked with a crutch even before she broke her ankle in the second bombing. Now needs two crutches (she paints them!). Westing connection: ?
a)
Angela Wexler
b)
Grace Wexler
c)
Berthe Erica Crow
d)
Sydelle Pulaski
12.
Age: 62. Delivery boy. Fourth-grade dropout. IQ: 50. Lives in the basement of Green’s Grocery. A bachelor. No living relatives. Westing connection: Delivered letters from E. J. Plum, Attorney, both times.
a)
Barney Northrup
b)
Otis Amber
c)
Sandy McSouthers
d)
Julian R Eastman
13.
Maiden name: Flora Miller. Age: 60. Dressmaker. Husband left her years ago, sends no money. She had a disabled daughter, Rosalie. Sold bridal shop last year after Rosalie died of pneumonia, age 19. Spends most of her time at the stockbrokers. Westing connection: Made wedding gown for Violet Westing, which she never got to wear.
a)
Bertha Erica Crow
b)
Angela Wexler
c)
Grace Wexler
d)
Flora Baumbach
14.
Westing Connection: sued Sam Westing over the invention of the disposable paper diaper. Case never came to court (Westing disappeared). Settled with the company last year for $25,000. Thinks he was cheated. Latest invention: paper innersoles.
a)
EJ Plum
b)
James Hoo
c)
Jake Wexler
d)
Sandy McSouthers
15.
Age: 28. Born in China. Immigrated from Hong Kong two years ago. Gossip: was married her for her 100- year-old sauce.
a)
Mrs. Hoo
b)
Mr. Hoo
c)
Mrs. Wexler
d)
Crow
16.
Age: 18. High-school track star. Is competing in Saturday’s track meet against college milers.
a)
Theo Theodorakis
b)
Angela Wexler
c)
Doug Hoo
d)
Otis Amber
17.
Berthe Erica Crow? Sure I knew her. She and her pa lived in the upstairs flat. We were best friends, almost like sisters, but she was the pretty one with her beautiful complexion and long gold- red hair. She left school to marry a guy named Windkloppel. Haven’t seen or heard from her since. She’s not in any trouble, is she?
Transcript of a taped interview with Sybil Pulaski, November 12. This means....
a)
Crow's friend is an heir, too.
b)
Crow is not longer friends with this person.
c)
Sam Westing made a mistake.
d)
Crow is not an heir.
18.
In chapter 17, Jake helps Mr. Hoo and Grace with their clues. He puts "purple fruited" in order, which makes Grace think of what?
a)
Sydelle's purple dress and purple walking stick.
b)
Purple waves.
c)
Plums and the lawyer Ed Plum.
d)
Purple sweets.
19.
What does Crow make Theo do with her whilst he was in her bedroom?
a)
Pray for being sinners.
b)
Giver her all his clues.
c)
Promise to give her his share of the inheritance if he wins.
d)
Play Pokemon Go.
20.
Who should you trust in The Westing Game?
a)
Sam Westing
b)
Turtle Wexler
c)
Mrs Hoo
d)
Nobody
21.
Theo wants to tell Doug about his chemical solution clue about 'Otis' but he goes into the wrong room.
Whose room does Theo go into by mistake?
Whose room does Theo go into by mistake?
a)
Crow
b)
JJ Ford
c)
Sandy
d)
Sam Westing
22.
Theo puts his clues into a chemical solution and comes up with NH4NO3 which he believes is an explosive.
Which name is spelt out with the leftover clues?
Which name is spelt out with the leftover clues?
a)
Hoo
b)
Sam
c)
Otis
d)
Sandy
23.
In chapter 17, who made a discovery whilst doing their chemistry homework?
a)
Theo
b)
Turtle
c)
Chris
d)
Nobody
24.
Two characters have a notebook which they keep all the information they find on the other players.
Which two characters have this notebook?
Which two characters have this notebook?
a)
Mr and Mrs Hoo
b)
Turtle and Sydelle
c)
Chris and Angela
d)
Sandy and Judge Ford
25.
Why does Theo think Otis is the murderer?
a)
When he puts his clues together, the leftover letters spell Otis.
b)
He saw otis murder Sam Westing.
c)
He knows Otis set off the bombs.
d)
Otis tells him he is the murderer.
26.
What indication is there that the heirs were jittery?
a)
They keep calling the bomb squad to check things.
b)
They were literally shaking.
c)
They drank too much coffee.
d)
They kept calling and reporting fires.
27.
After reexamining their clues, who does Grace and Mr. Hoo think is involved in the mystery?
a)
Otis Amber
b)
Ed Plum
c)
Berthe Crowe
d)
Sandy McSouthers
28.
What does Theo discover when he analyzes his clues?
a)
The formula for an explosive and the name of a suspect.
b)
A newspaper article linking all the clues.
c)
The murderer getting rid of evidence.
d)
Nothing at all.
29.
Why does Turtle think that it would be a good idea to call Flora Baumbach by another name?
a)
She thinks it will throw the other teams off.
b)
Since Berthe calls her "Alice" she think she should call Berthe something different.
c)
Berthe hates her name.
d)
Because everyone thinks she is saying bomb when she calls her.
30.
Who was Rosalie?
a)
Berthe's daughter
b)
Sam Westing's daughter
c)
Flora's daughter
d)
Otis Amber's daughter
31.
What assignment does Theo give to Doug Hoo?
a)
To follow Judge Ford.
b)
To follow Otis Amber.
c)
To follow Berthe Crow.
d)
To follow E.J. Plum.
32.
How does Chris feel at the prospect of being taken hostage by Doctor Deere?
a)
He is scared no one will know where he is at.
b)
He is thrilled with the attention.
c)
He misses his parents.
d)
He is sick of being with doctors all the time.
33.
How did Turtle defend the use of the radio in school?
a)
She said it helped with her earache.
b)
She said it helped her toothache.
c)
She said it helped with her stomachache
d)
She said it helped calm her nerves.
34.
To whom is Crow referring when she uses the term 'foot butcher'?
a)
D. Denton Deere
b)
Jake Wexler
c)
Mr. Hoo
d)
George Theodorakis
35.
Who does Otis Amber accuse of being responsible for the bombings?
a)
Mr. Hoo
b)
Mrs. Hoo
c)
Jake Wexler
d)
Grace Wexler
36.
According to the judge, what is Westing's first mistake?
a)
He invited Sydelle Pulaski instead of Sybil Pulaski.
b)
He killed his daughter Violet.
c)
He didn't let Violet marry George Theodorakis.
d)
He made too much money.
37.
What unusual fact does Judge Ford find out about Mrs. Wexler?
a)
She is related to Sam Westing.
b)
She is a fraud.
c)
She is related to the cleaning woman.
d)
She is Violet Westing.
38.
Who did Judge Ford think the heirs needed to protect?
a)
Sam Westing
b)
E.J. Plum
c)
Otis Amber
d)
Sam Westing's Ex-Wife
39.
Why didn't Doug's feet hurt when he was trailing Otis Amber?
a)
He is in top shape.
b)
He had the paper insoles.
c)
He rode his bike.
d)
He drove a car.
40.
Why was Theo in the hospital?
a)
He wrecked his bike.
b)
He was hurt in a chemistry experiment explosion.
c)
He is visiting Angela.
d)
He is visiting his brother.
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