Heirs
Westing House
Westing Connections
Vocabulary
Potpourri
100
The investigation revealed this character's jobs included mill worker, union organizer, prizefighter, and doorman.
Who is Alexander (Sandy) McSouthers?
100
The contents of the envelope given to each pair of heirs.
What is a check for $10,000?
100
This character's parents worked for the Westing family. Their mother was a servant, and their father worked as a gardener on his days off.
Who is Josie-Jo Ford?
100
This means messy, tangled, untidy, or rumpled.
What is tousled?
100
The last words Sam Westing said to this character, "Stupid child, you can't have a brain in that frizzy head to make a move like that."
Who is Josie-Jo Ford?
200
This character set-off the fourth bomb.
Who is Turtle Wexler?
200
Sam Westing's real last name.
What is Windkloppel?
200
Dr. D. Denton Deere noted that this character sure could have used some plastic surgery.
Who is Alexander (Sandy) McSouthers?
200
This means a homeless or jobless person.
What is a derelict?
200
This is what Turtle asked Judge Ford for on a piece of cotton to put on her cavity.
What is bourbon?
300
This character won a gold medal in the mile run.
Who is Doug Hoo?
300
During the second visit to the Westing house, Theo is again playing this game with someone.
What is chess?
300
This character is the lawyer handling the Westing estate.
Who is Ed Plum?
300
This word means a person with an extreme enthusiasm or zeal for something.
What is a fanatic?
300
Grace Wexler feared this happened when Turtle was born.
What is the hospital mixed up the babies?
400
This character was the Sunset Towers thief.
Who is Madame Sun Lin Hoo?
400
J.J. Ford is convinced that this character is actually Sam Westing.
Who is Alexander (Sandy) McSouthers?
400
This character is the former Mrs. Samuel Westing.
Who is Berthe Erica Crow?
400
This means to sentence someone to a particular punishment.
What is condemn?
400
The reason Judge Ford thought Sam Westing's face would be unrecognizable.
What is changed by plastic surgery?
500
The two characters that volunteered at the Good Salvation Soup Kitchen.
Who is Berthe Erica Crow and Otis Amber?
500
The doctor that pronounced Sandy McSouthers dead in the library.
Who is Dr. Sidney Sikes?
500
Crow decided to give half her inheritance to this character to be used for the soup kitchen, and the rest went to this character.
Who is Otis Amber and Angela Wexler?
500
This means a scientist who studies birds.
What is an ornithologist?
500
This character informed the Wexler's they would have to pay for the damage caused by the bombs.
Who is Barney Northrup?