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The Westing Game

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does the story take place?
a)
Wisconsin
b)
North Carolina
c)
California
d)
Florida
2.

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

3.

What is the name of chapter 2?

a)

Sunset Towers

b)

Tenants In and Out

c)

The Corpse found

d)

Ghosts or Worse

e)

I don't know

4.

What is your FAVORITE charecter in these options? Don't worry, these will not have an incorrect answer.

a)

Turtle Wexler

b)

Madame Hoo

c)

Sam Westing

d)

Theo Theodorakis

5.

How much money is Sam Westings esatate?

a)

Two hundered million dollars!

b)

Two thousand million dollars!

c)

Two million dollars!

d)

Two hunderd billon dollars!

6.

Which one of these pairs is FALSE?

a)

Turtle Wexler, Flora Baumbach

b)

Theo Theodorakis, Doug Hoo

c)

James Shin Hoo, D. Denton Deere

d)

Syedelle Pullaski, Angela Wexler

7.

Which one of these clues are NOT in the book?

a)

Sea Mountain Am O

b)

Fruited Purple Waves For Sea

c)

Skies Am Shining Brother

d)

Good Grace From Hood Spacious

8.
How much money is each pair given to start the game?
a)
$10,000
b)
$1,000
c)
$5,000
d)
$50,000
9.
Which of the following was not true of Sunset Towers?
a)
It faced east and had no towers
b)
was two stories high
c)
stood alone on the Lake Michigan shore
d)
Barney Northrup sold apartments to tennants
10.

What did Grace W. like about Sunset Towers?

a)

It was turning

b)

It was a tower

c)

It was very nice and classy

d)

It was very luxurious

e)

It was bought with her fathers money

11.

Why was it surprising that smoke rose from the chimney of the Westing house?

a)

It had recently been constructed

b)

There was no firepit

c)

There was no chimney

d)

Nobody had lived there for 15 years

12.

What does Theo want to do with the clues?

a)

He wants to figure all them out.

b)

He wants to combine them.

c)

He wants to write a note on them

d)

He wants to explain a couple to his brother, Chris.

e)

He wants to say that Sam W. is faking and he wants us to be experts in clue-solving.

13.

Eccentric means:

a)

a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior; strange

b)

related on the father's side; characteristics of or befitting a father; fatherly

c)

wanting or requiring what is expensive

d)

faultless; flawless; irreproachable

14.

Why was Doug Hoo chosen to be the timekeeper for Turtle's adventure at the Westing mansion?

a)

He was the fastest runner

b)

He was the only one to take Turtle's bet.

c)

He was the only one with a watch.

d)

The others were too busy to go with Turtle.

15.

Here comes a hard question: What is Graces' age? Remember, just type the age number and not, "Her age is..." Then it will be marked incorrect

(a)  

16.

What is Sydelle's problem?

a)

She is always telling lies

b)

She is never noticed

c)

She was going to fake an injury and decorate the crutches she is going to use.

d)

She gets hit by a bomb.

17.

Which way does Sunset Tower face at?

a)

East

b)

West

c)

South

d)

North

e)

We don't know yet.

18.

Who did Violet want to marry?

a)

J.J. Ford

b)

Doug Hoo

c)

Amber

d)

She didn't want to marry anyone

e)

George Theodorakis

19.

How is the Westing game so far, and how do you feel?

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20.

Who was the person selling all the apartments in Sunset Towers?

a)

Barney Northrup

b)

Madame Hoo

c)

Sam Westing

d)

Barney Northrup

e)

Violet Westing