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Westing Game

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Sandy McSouthers?

a)

the judge

b)

the doorman

c)

the foot doctor

d)

the deliveryman

2.

Who is the braided kicking tortoise?

a)

Turtle

b)

Angela

c)

Doug

d)

Theo

3.

What does Turtle lose in the Westing House?

a)

the flask of orange soda

b)

her witches' hat

c)

her mother's silver cross

d)

her backpack

4.

Who is Angela engaged to?

a)

Denton Deere

b)

Jake Wexler

c)

Otis Amber

d)

EJ Plum

5.

What job does JJ Ford have?

a)

cleaning woman

b)

judge

c)

dressmaker

d)

cook

6.

What is Mr. Westing's first name?

a)

Sam

b)

Alexander

c)

Christos

d)

Doug

7.

How much money does each set of partners get?

a)

$10,000

b)

$50,000

c)

$200,000

d)

$1.00

8.

Who is EJ Plum?

a)

doorman

b)

dressmaker

c)

judge

d)

lawyer

9.

Which heir did Sam Westing want punished?

a)

The one who cause his daughter's death.

b)

The one who caused his company to lose money.

c)

The one who ruined the game.

d)

The one who caused the car crash.

10.

Who is the bookie?

a)

James Hoo

b)

Dr. Jake Wexler

c)

Otis Amber

d)

Sandy McSouthers

11.

What was Grace Wexler's actual maiden name?

a)

Windy

b)

Hoo

c)

Windkloppel

d)

Window

12.

Where did the third bomb happen?

a)

Wexler's Apartment

b)

Coffee Shop

c)

Shin Hoo's Restaurant

d)

Sydelle's Apartment

13.

Who is the bomber?

a)

Angela

b)

Grace

c)

Sydelle

d)

James Hoo

14.

Who is actually hurt by the third bomb?

a)

Angela

b)

Sydelle

c)

Grace

d)

Crow

15.
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.
16.

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

17.

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

18.

A dressmaker who is making Angela's wedding dress

a)

Sandy McSouthers

b)

Flora Baumbach

c)

Berthe Erica Crow

d)

Sydelle Pulaski

19.
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."
20.

What did Sam Westing do for Judge Ford?

a)

Bought her first house

b)

Bought her first car

c)

Paid for her a nice vacation

d)

Paid for her education

21.

Which of the following means a person who inherits the property of another following that person's death?

a)

Amends

b)

Pompous

c)

Uncanny

d)

Heir

22.

Who got married?

a)

Grace and Jake

b)

Angela and Denton

c)

Crow and Otis

d)

Turtle and Dough

23.

How many heirs were there?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

16

d)

20

24.

Fill in the blank: "It's not what you have, it's what you ______ have that counts."

a)
don't
b)

won't

c)

want to

25.

Identify the characters with their descriptions.

a)

Age: 18. High-school track star.

1.

Doug Hoo

b)

Age: 45. Podiatrist. Graduated from Marquette. Married 22 years, has two daughters . Bookie.

2.

Jake Wexler

c)

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. 

3.

Turtle Wexler

d)

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. 

4.

Flora Bambauch

e)

Age: 20. Engaged to marry D. Denton Deere (also an heir). One year college (high grades). Victim of third bombing. Embroiders a lot. 

5.

Angela Wexler

26.

Match each character description with the character.

a)

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. 

1.

Theo Theodorakis 

b)

Age: 15. Younger brother Confined to wheelchair; disease struck about four years ago. Knows a lot about birds. 

2.

Chris Theodorakis

c)

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. 

3.

Dr. Denton Deere

d)

Age: 50. Education: high school, one year secretarial school. Walked with a crutch even before she broke her ankle in the second bombing. Now needs two crutches (she paints them!). Westing connection: ? 

4.

Sydelle Pulaski

e)

 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. 

5.

Otis Amber

27.

How did Violet Westing really die?

a)

She killed herself.

b)

She died from a concussion.

c)

She did not die and is one of their heirs.

d)

She had cancer.

28.

What was Grace Wexler's actual maiden name?

a)

Windy

b)

Hoo

c)

Windkloppel

d)

Window

29.

Turtle figured out that Sam Westing had how many disguises?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

1

30.

Who stole the watch, pearls, cuff links, earrings, and clock?

a)

Mrs. Hoo

b)

Dough

c)

Sydelle

d)

Turtle

31.

Who is Mrs. Westing?

a)

Sydelle

b)

Flora

c)

Crow

d)

Mrs. Hoo

32.

What was Turtle’s motivation in setting the 4th bomb?

a)

She wanted attention from her mother.

b)

She wanted to shock people into noticing who she really was.

c)

She wanted to protect her sister by taking the blame for the  bombs.

d)

  She wanted to obtain revenge on the people who had been mean to her, including her mother.