Characters
A 62 year-old delivery boy.
Who is Otis Amber?
Contrary to it's name, the Sunset Towers face which direction, and have what?
The Sunset Towers face east and have no towers.
The amount of money that Sam Westing's estate is worth.
What is two hundred million dollars?
Why did Turtle eat her and Flora Baumbach's clues?
She ate the clues so that nobody could see or steal them.
What happened to the tenants in Chapter 8?
They became snowbound in the apartments.
This character is bitter about being fired from his job of twenty years.
Who is Sandy McSouthers?
The date on which the tenants move into the Sunset towers.
When is September 1st?
What did Sam Westing do every year on the fourth of July?
He always wrote, directed, and acted in a pageant.
Chris saw a person limping.
What happened to Sydelle Pulaski's notebook at the end of Chapter 8?
The shorthand notebook was stolen.
This character wants to be known as more than just a pretty face.
Who is Angela Wexler?
The date on which Shin Hoo's restaurant and Theodorakis Coffe Shop opened up.
When is September 2nd?
The thing Sam Westing was sued over five years after he got a divorce.
What are the rights to the disposable paper diaper?
What did Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach do because of their clues?
Turtle and Flora invest in the stock market, buying stocks they think are abbreviations for their clues.
Why did Turtle Wexler agree to the bet to stay in the Westing House? How much money did she want to earn?
Turtle agreed because she wanted to earn money to buy a subscription to her favorite magazine, The Wall Street Journal. She wanted to earn $50.
This character is thought of as a freak.
Who is Sydelle Pulaski?
The date on which Turtle Wexler entered the Westing House (on a bet).
When is Halloween/October 31st?
The name that Crow called Sam Westing in Chapter 7.
Who is Windy?
Who is Dr. Sikes, and how is he related to Sam Westing?
Dr. Sikes was Sam's friend and was in a near-fatal automobile crash with him.
Which two heirs were absent from the reading of the will? Why didn't they show up?
Both Jake Wexler and Madame Hoo did not go. Jake didn't show up because he was called away on an emergency operation ( an emergency Packers game, as Turtle said). Madame Hoo didn't come because she didn't speak English, and her husband didn't bring her.
This character has dead white skin and looks righteously severe.
Who is Berthe Erica Crow?
Which library did the heirs meet in to read over the will?
The heirs met in the south library in the Westing house.
In Chapter 4, instead of flowers, Sam requested that what be sent at his funeral?
He requested that donations be sent to Blind Bowlers of America.
Which heir didn't think Sam Westing was murdered and why?
Judge J. J. Ford didn't think Sam Westing was murdered because "If his life had been threatened, if he had been in danger of any kind, he would have insisted on police protection."
What does Judge Ford decide about the Westing Game in Chapter 8?
Judge Ford decides that Sam Westing was not murdered and that, No matter what he did, greed would keep the heirs playing the game until the "murderer" was captured and punished.