For Sunday’s class reread Chapters 1-5 in The Westing Game….make a list of all the characters , tell me what they do, if they are related, and anything unusual about them. Put it in a chart form if that makes it easier. I would also like you to write out what happens in each chapter…a short summary. Put in as many details as possible. This book has much information in it and we need to be certain that we understand what is going on in each chapter. I want this assignment sent to me before Sunday’s class, so I may check it.
Barney Northup is the man who sells the Sunset Towers to the chosen people.
Jake Wexler is a doctor, and he works in the doctor's office in the lobby after he moved to Sunset Towers.
Grace Windsor Wexter is Jake's wife, she is a house wife and mother of Angela and Turtle. She treat Angela well but not good to Turtle.
Angela Wexler is a beautiful girl, she is the first daughter of Jake and Grace.
Turtle(that isn't her real name) is Jake and Grace's second girl.She is naughty and likes to kick people.
Otis Amber is a sixty-two years old delivery boy, Judge Ford thinks he is stupid. Otis delivers letters.
Shin Hoo is The husband of Madame Hoo and father of Doug Hoo. He has a restaurant on the fifth flour of Sunset Towers, it is a Chinese food restaurant. The business is not good there. He never ask questions.
Madame Hoo is Shin's wife, she is a Chinese and she misses her home. She and Shin have a son.
Doug Hoo is the son of Mr. Hoo and Mrs. Hoo. His father always let him to go study. He doesn't want to study, he just do sit-ups when his father let him to go study.
Sandy Mcsouthers is the doorman of Sunset Towers. He is the same person as Sam Westing, Barney Northup.
Chris Theodorakis is a fifteen years old boy, he can't say words clearly sometimes.
Theo Theodorakis is the brother of Chris, he is always calm, and Chris thinks Theo can be a good writer someday. They have a coffee shop which has good business.
Judge J.J.Ford is a tall black woman, the funny thing about her is she is called Judge and she is a judge.She is a clever person, and she was tought by Sam Westing.
Flora Baumbach is a dress maker, she is a kind, patient women.
Syddlle Pulaski is a secretary. She was always ignored by other heirs and she doesn't like that.
ch1.
There was a building called Sunset Tower in the edge of lake Michigan. It is strange to have that name because sun sets in the west and Sunset Towers faced east. Barney Northup wanted to sell all the apartments to a bunch of heirs of Samuel W. Westing whose names are painted on the mailbox. And he did it by showing the heirs how luxury the Sunset Tower was, how cheap it was, and many people wanted to live in it.
ch2.
The delivery boy Otis Amber told the story of the the two unfortunate fellas, and Chris Theodorakis saw a person entered the Westing house.
ch3.
All the people from Sunset towers, in different places, found out there were smoke comming out from the Westing house. And Sydelle Pulaski is trying to get attention from everybody else.
ch4.
Doug Hoo and Turtle Wexler stayed in the Westing house for eleven minute because others will pay money for each minute they stay there. After eleven minutes, Turtle screamed and ran out of the Westing house. Then, the people living in sunset towers heard Sam Westing was found dead. Otis delivered a letter from a person called E.J.Plum.
ch5.
All the heirs had a meeting because Sam Westng was dead, and his lawyer is going to read the will. The heirs came one by one, but some of them didn't come to the meeting.