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The Westing Game Comp Quiz #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who died in the story?
a)
Sydelle Pulaski
b)
Grace Wexler
c)
Sam Westing
d)
Otis Amber
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Who noticed that Sydelle Pulaski was switching her injured leg? 
a)
Doctor Wexler
b)
Turtle 
c)
Doctor Deere
d)
Chris
5.
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.
6.

What is the name of the apartment building at the beginning of the book?

a)

The Westing Apartments

b)

Lake Michigan High Rise

c)

Sunset Towers

d)

Sunrise Towers

7.

Which of the following is NOT an occupation of one of the tenants of Sunset Towers?

a)

Engineer

b)

Judge

c)

Doctor

d)

Secretary

8.

What is the name of the doorman of Sunset Towers?

a)

Barney Northrup

b)

Otis Amber

c)

Sandy McSouthers

d)

Chris Theodorakis

9.

Why didn't the residents at Sunset Towers not need drapes?

a)

They had no windows

b)

The windows were too high off the ground

c)

The windows were made of one way glass

d)

They were not allowed to have drapes

10.

A dressmaker who is making Angela's wedding dress

a)

Sandy McSouthers

b)

Flora Baumbach

c)

Berthe Erica Crow

d)

Sydelle Pulaski

11.

The man who invited everyone to live in Sunset towers who presumably has a fake name

a)

Barney Northrup

b)

JJ Ford

c)

Sam Westing

d)

Otis Amber

12.

The building's 62-year-old delivery boy who likes to spread gossip about others in the building.

a)

Barney Northrup

b)

Sandy McSouthers

c)

Otis Amber

d)

Samuel Westing

13.
What does Turtle do when someone touches her braid?
a)
Punches them in the stomach
b)
Runs away
c)
Tells her mother
d)
Kicks them in the shin
14.
Which of the following sentences from chapter 3 make Sydelle Pulaski seem suspicious?
a)
Not that he ever helped her; or noticed her, for that matter.
b)
There'd be fewer burglaries around here if people listened to her about putting in deadbolt locks
c)
Her green rhinestone-studded glasses slipped down her fleshy nose as she grappled with a tall triangular package and shopping bag. 
d)
She unwrapped the package and leaned four wooden crutches against the wall. "No one ever notices Sydelle Pulaski," she muttered, "but now they will. Now they will."
15.
In the reading of the will, it is revealed that Sam Westing...
a)
...was killed by one of the sixteen people in Sunset Towers
b)
...drowned at sea
c)
...was killed in a fire
d)
...was divorced
16.
What is Sam Westing's nickname?
a)
The Millionaire
b)
Uncle Sam
c)
Sammy
d)
Westin
17.
Who was not invited to the reading of Westing's will?
a)
Mrs. Hoo
b)
Theo and Chris's parents
c)
Dr. Wexler
d)
Sandy McSouthers
18.
How does Mr. Westing describe the 16 heirs in his will?
a)
As his best friends
b)
As his worst enemies
c)
As complete strangers
d)
As his nieces and nephews
19.
True or False? Turtle is Mrs. Wexler's favorite daughter. 
a)
True
b)
False
20.

A very successful businessman who loves games and chess

a)

Barney Northrup

b)

Samuel Westing

c)

Sidney Sikes

d)

Jake Wexler