The Westing Game Worksheet Template

Name _______________________	Date ______________________
Reading: "The Westing Game"	Chapters 25-30

Vocabulary

1. stoolie

2. bolted

3. dastardly

4. stenographer

5. accomplice

6. intercede

7. baffled

8. embalmed

9. obituary

10. stupefied

11. pretense

12. benefactor

13. extravaganza

14. abacus

Discussion Questions

1. How does Theo know that it was Sandy who was playing chess with him? Why is this surprising?

2. How does the judge figure out that Sandy was Sam Westing?

3. Why did Sam Westing put "Happy Fourth of July" into the will when it was only November?

4. How does the clue "It is not what you have, it's what you don't have that counts" help to solve the mystery?

5. Who comes up with the solution?

6. Who hired Otis and why?

7. What does Turtle finally realize about the meaning of the statement that the "heir who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth"?

8. Did Sam Westing and Sandy McCrouthers die? How do you explain that the coroner determined both to have died of heart attacks?

9. What happens to the Westing house?

10. What happens to Sunset Towers ?

11. Where does Turtle go every Saturday?

12. Who marries whom?

13. How does Turtle lie to Julian Eastman about Crow, Otis, and Mr. Hoo? Why did she lie?

14. Why do Turtle and Theo decide not to have any children?

15. Who is Alice and how is she like Turtle?

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