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Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1: “Sunset Towers” – Chapter 5: “Sixteen Heirs”
Directions: Read the questions and then answer them in complete sentences.
Use details from the text to support your answer.
1. Who are the main characters of The Westing Game?
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2. What details or information describe Turtle Wexler’s appearance?
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3. What can you conclude about Turtle from her visit to the Westing mansion?
a. She gets scared very easily.
b. She is immature.
c. Even though Turtle pretends to be brave, she does get scared. She is also very observant.
d. She enjoys scary experiences.
4. Why have the tenants of Sunset Towers been called to the Westing mansion?
a. Westing is throwing a party for the tenants.
b. They are heirs of Westing’s will. The will go to the mansion to hear the reading of his will.
c. Westing has to tell the tenants something.
d. The police are trying to find out if the tenants have any information about Westing’s death.
5. Based on what you’ve read so far, what is the mystery, in Chapters 1-5?
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Comprehension Questions (continued)
6. What suspicious or mysterious event did Chris witness on his walk?
a. He saw that the drapes were drawn at the Westing house.
b. He saw a bird fly to a red maple on the hill.
c. He saw smoke rise from the chimney of the Westing house.
d. He saw that the French doors at the Westing house were closed.
7. What does the following sentence mean? What type of language is this an example of?
“Upstairs in 3D Angela Wexler stood on a hassock as still and blank faced pretty as a storewindow dummy.” (Chapter 3)
a. Angela is a store dummy, not a live person. Simile.
b. Angela is staring without an expression. Simile.
c. Angela is a store dummy, not a live person. Metaphor.
d. Angela is staring without an expression Metaphor.
8. What is suspicious about the Judge’s behavior?
a. She talks to Sandy McSouthers.
b. She knows Sam Westing and thinks to herself that she can pay him back.
c. She asked Sandy McSouthers not to repeat what she said about Otis Amber.
d. She knows Otis Amber.
9. In the following sentence, is the author trying to say that Turtle was or
was not scared? Why do you think so? “She wasn’t scared; she was not
scared.” (Chapter 4)
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10. What recurring detail surfaced Chapter 5, and who was it associated
with?
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