CHAPTERS 1-4
STUDENT WORKSHEET PACKET ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. expensive, high-quality
2. stylish, tasteful, showing good taste
3. something that is not important
4. the rough, irregular edge on writing paper
5. became out of shape
6. specified style of cooking
7. involuntary sudden muscle tics

8. a piece of furniture used as a foot rest

9. the back part of the neck
10. a cut off limb or appendage of the body
11. to took away from something
12. a reasonable and logical explanation
13. private, secret
14. decaying, rotting, and foul smelling object
15. a period spent  on doing something
16. owner/manager of a major business
17. relating to or involving fireworks
18. unsatisfactory quantity

19. the person who handles the estate

20. the person who receives something from an estate

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Answers will vary
2. They were pre-selected; only a certain few were invited
3. She is always trying to impress people and thinks her friends will be impressed by her classy apartment
4. She takes her for granted and favors Angela
5. There were not too many residents and only 3 people came to his grand opening
6. They are both high school seniors, friends, and sons of restaurant owners
7. Theo wants to be a writer and Doug wants to be a jock
8. Answers will vary
9. Sixty-two year old "delivery boy" who wears an aviator hat and talks a lot
10. Sam Westing's rotting corpse lies on the Oriental rug
11. 2 teens went into the house on a dare and came out running terrified; one had his hands dripping in blood
12. Likes bird watching, is handicapped, has convulsions
13. Answers will vary
14. Bright, aggressive, brave
15. She was annoyed by Turtle's remarks about Angela's gown
16. Answers will vary
17. Answers will vary
18. Housekeeper, wears black clothes, has a bun, is pale, is very religious
19. She thinks he is a sinner. You can tell this by the comments she makes to Dr. Wexler

20. She is a black, bright, female judge

21. Answers will vary
22. She stayed 12 minutes in the Westing house at $2.00 per minute

 

 

CHAPTERS 1-4
STUDENT QUIZ ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. cuisine
l11. luxuriously
2. nape
12. trifle
3. averted
13. warped
4. confidential
14. amputation
5. putrid
15. deckle
6. vigil
16. elegantly
7. industrialist
17. spasms
8. pyrotechnic
18. hassock
9. executor
19. meager
10. beneficiary
20. rational

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

1. Answers will vary
2. Answers will vary

Matching

1. K
8. G
2. E
9. H
3. L
10. N
4. C
11. A
5. B
12. I
6. D
13. F
7. J
14. M

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