Characters
The Game
Down the road...
Deeper Understanding
Final Countdown
100
She was the burglar!
Who is Madame Hoo?
100
This is the song the clues made when put together.
What is "America, the Beautiful"?
100
Grace Wexler took over this business.
What is "Hoo's on First restaurant"?
100
Madame Hoo changed her name to this after she learned more English.
What is "Sunny"?
100
She was Sam Westing's first mistake.
Who is Sydelle Pulaski?
200
This is how Grace was related to Sam Westing.
What is "niece"?
200
Her name made up the missing parts to the clues. Her name is the answer.
Who is Berthe Erica Crow?
200
Sydelle Pulaski ends up marrying this man.
Who is the president of Shultz Sausages?
200
This is why Judge Ford thought everyone would keep playing the game.
What is greed?
200
This is the author of the novel.
Who is Ellen Raskin?
300
He ended up marrying T.R. Wexler.
Who is Theo Theodorakis?
300
She was the winner of the Westing Game (received the inheritance).
Who is Turtle Wexler?
300
She lives with T.R. Wexler at the end of the novel.
Who is Flora Baumbach?
300
This is what helped Doug Hoo win the state-wide race.
What are paper innersoles?
300
This is the famous chess move that Westing used in the Westing Game.
What is the queen's sacrifice?
400
These are the four winds or four identities of Windy Windkloppel.
Who are Barney Northrup, Sandy McSouthers, Sam Westing, and Julian Eastman?
400
The game became very dangerous after this happened.
What is a bomb?
400
This is why Grace Wexler did not want to give up Hoo's on Tenth.
What is "because it was near Jake"?
400
Theirs was the surprise wedding at the end of the novel.
What is Otis and Crow's wedding?
400
This is when the problem in the story all began...
What is "the tenants were invited to read the will of Sam Westing"?
500
Turtle confessed to setting off the 4th bomb to cover for this character.
Who is Angela Wexler?
500
The game helped many of the heirs learn how to do this.
What is cooperation?
500
This little girl will probably grow up to be a lot like Turtle was.
Who is Alice Deere?
500
This is how Judge Ford was able to repay Sam Westing for paying for her education.
What is "Ford paid for Chris to go to college."
500
This changed the course of all the heirs' lives...
What is "The Westing Game"?
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