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WorksheetsThe Westing Game - Final Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 8hrs 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which character is a birdwatcher?
a)
Chris Theodorakis
b)
Theo Theodorakis
c)
Angela Wexler
d)
Doug Hoo
2.
Who is the bomber?
a)
Sydelle
b)
JJ Ford
c)
Grace
d)
Angela
3.
Which o the following characters is NOT an identity of Sam Westing?
a)
Barney Northrup
b)
Sandy McSouthers
c)
Otis Amber
d)
Julian Eastman
4.
What will Turtle do if you touch her braid?
a)
Kick you
b)
Punch you
c)
Bite you
d)
Pinch you
5.
What game does Theo play in the Westing house?
a)
Checkers
b)
Cards
c)
Chess
d)
Tag
6.
Sam Westing's clues are the words to what song?
a)
The Star Spangled Banner
b)
50 Nifty United States
c)
America, the Beautiful
d)
God Bless America
7.
Four bombs went off in Sunset Towers. Where was there NOT a bomb?
a)
Hoo's Restaurant
b)
The Wexler Apartment
c)
The Elevator
d)
The Lobby
8.
Who was engaged to marry Denton Deere?
a)
Angela
b)
Turtle
c)
Sydelle
d)
Flora
9.
Who was the thief?
a)
Flora
b)
Chris
c)
Madame Hoo
d)
Crow
10.
Who wins the Westing Game?
a)
Turtle
b)
Crow
c)
Sandy
d)
JJ Ford
11.
A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord
a)
facade
b)
invalid
c)
grapple
d)
tenants
12.
A doctor who treats problems of the foot
a)
podiatrist
b)
invalid
c)
executor
d)
beneficiary
13.
a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury
a)
executor
b)
invalid
c)
podiatrist
d)
jaunty
14.
put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form
a)
transcribe
b)
beneficiary
c)
oblige
d)
grapple
15.
Is a fictitious person
a)
Otis Amber
b)
Sandy McSouthers
c)
Barney Northrup
d)
J.J. Ford
16.
Once was in love with Violet Westing
a)
Barney Northrup
b)
George Theodorakis
c)
Dr. Deere
d)
Mr. Hoo
17.
What's the name of the apartment complex?
a)
Sunset Acres
b)
Sunshine Towers
c)
Sunset Towers
d)
Sunrise Acres
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
“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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
Which is true about Chris?
a)
Chris is on the track team.
b)
Chris plays chess.
c)
Chris works at his family's coffee shop.
d)
Chris is in a wheelchair and he has seizures.
34.
Why was Sydelle Pulaski using crutches?
a)
She wanted attention.
b)
She got kicked by Turtle.
c)
She had surgery on her foot.
d)
She got her foot caught in the car door.
35.
Which is not true?
a)
The pairs would each receive $10,000.
b)
Sam Westing was killed by one of the heirs.
c)
Doug Hoo found the dead body.
d)
One of the apartments was rented to the wrong person.
36.
Which is not true about Grace Wexler's necklace?
a)
Grace does not know where her necklace is.
b)
Turtle took Grace's necklace in the Westing House.
c)
The necklace is on the dead body.
d)
Jake Wexler sold the necklace to get money.
37.
Who had a shorthand copy (notes) of the will?
a)
Sydelle Pulaski
b)
Flora Baumbach
c)
Turtle Wexler
d)
Mr. Hoo
38.
Who is Sandy McSouthers?
a)
the judge
b)
the doorman
c)
the foot doctor
d)
the deliveryman
39.
Who sold candles during the blackout?
a)
Otis
b)
Doug
c)
Turtle
d)
Crow
40.
What kind of hat does Otis wear?
a)
baseball cap
b)
aviator's helmet
c)
cowboy hat
d)
hard hat
41.
How much money does each set of partners get?
a)
$10,000
b)
$50,000
c)
$200,000
d)
$1.00
42.
Who was not invited to the reading of the will?
a)
Otis Amber
b)
Mr. Hoo and Madame Hoo
c)
Mr. and Mrs. Wexler
d)
Mr. and Mrs. Theodorakis
43.
The invitation letters are delivered on _______.
a)
May 5
b)
September 1
c)
July 4
d)
October 31
44.
What genre is The Westing Game?
a)
Humorous
b)
Drama
c)
Mystery
d)
Sci-Fi
45.
Who is Grace Windsor Wexler's favorite daughter?
a)
Turtle
b)
Angela
c)
Flora
d)
Jillian
46.
This character is a bumbling, inexperienced young attorney.
a)
JJ Ford
b)
Samuel Westing
c)
Sidney Sikes
d)
E.J. Plum
47.
Sunset Towers sits on this lake
a)
Lake Wisconsin
b)
Lake Heron
c)
Lake Michigan
d)
Lake Alabama
48.
Sunset Towers faces this direction.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
49.
Who signed Sam Westing's certificate of sanity?
a)
Dr. Wexler
b)
Dr. Sikes
c)
Dr. Hoo
d)
Dr. Baumbach
50.
The mistake was...
a)
Berthe Erica Crow
b)
Sydelle Pulaski
c)
Grace Wexler
d)
Turtle Wexler
51.
Sam Westing's ex-wife was...
a)
Grace Wexler
b)
Angela Wexler
c)
Berthe Erica Crow
d)
Violet Westing
52.
The private investigator was...
a)
Denton Deere
b)
E.J. Plum
c)
Barney Northrup
d)
Otis Amber
53.
Who became a writer at the end of the book?
a)
Turtle Wexler
b)
Angela Wexler
c)
Theo Theodorakis
d)
Chris Theodorakis
54.
Who was the "decorator" that ended up owning "Hoo's on First"?
a)
James Shin Hoo
b)
Madame Hoo
c)
Grace Wexler
d)
Angela Wexler
55.
Where did Otis and Crow work to help the less fortunate?
a)
A homeless shelter
b)
Good Salvation Soup Kitchen
c)
A daycare for children
d)
The local fire department
56.
Where did Sydelle Pulaski move after getting married?
a)
Hawaii
b)
Los Angeles
c)
New York
d)
The Bahamas
57.
Where was the party held in Sunset Towers?
a)
Sydelle's apartment
b)
Theodorakis coffee shop
c)
Judge Ford's apartment
d)
Shin Hoo's Restaurant
58.
Where the residents of Sunset Towers reunited five years after the Westing Game.
a)
Florida
b)
Hawaii
c)
Shin Hoo's restaurant
d)
Hoo's Lake House
59.
Who has a daughter named Alice at the end of "The Westing Game"?
a)
Turtle
b)
Angela
c)
Flora
d)
Grace
60.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe JJ Ford?
a)
Supreme Court Judge
b)
Paid for her own college
c)
Lived in the Westing House as a child
d)
Has never been married
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