Answer each of the questions by :
- Restating the question
- Using compete sentences
Chapter 1 – Sunset Towers
1. Why is Sunset Towers an unusual name for this building?
2. What was unusual about Barney Northrup, the delivery man?
3. Why was Jake Wexler uncomfortable at the new apartment?
4. How did Barney finally convince Sydelle Pulaski to take the apartment?
5. What was one way that this apartment sale was different than normal?
6. At the end of the chapter we are told that one of the tenants was a mistake. Which tenant do you think was a mistake? Explain your choice.
Vocabulary –
tenants, exclusive, plush, stationery, warped, chandeliers, alcove, bookie
Chapter 2 – Ghost s or Worse
1. Why do you think Shin Hoo’s Chinese restaurant did not do as well at the parking lot coffee shop?
2. Who was Sandy McSouthers?
3. What was different about the Westing House that surprised Turtle Wexler?
4. Tell the story of the two "unfortunate fellows" from Westingtown.
5. Who is Chris? Describe him. What does he notice through his binoculars? What do you think is “wrong” with him?
Vocabulary -
stocky, maggots, gruesome, stubble
Chapter 3 – Tenants In And Out
1. How does Mrs. Baumbach know the Wexlers?
2. Describe Mrs. Wexler's relationship with her two daughters.
3. What happens if you touch Turtle’s braided hair?
4. How is J.J. Ford connected with Mr. Westing?
5. What was in the long package that Sydelle Pulaski carried into her apartment?
6. Why do you think Sydelle Pulaski wants to get noticed?
Vocabulary –
hassock, pudgy, lunatic , podiatrist, gaunt, avert, ample, putrid
Chapter 4 – The Corpse Found
1. Why was Doug Hoo waiting outside the Westing House?
2. What did Turtle take with her to the house and why?
4. What game does Mr. Westing’s obituary say he played?
5. Why were sixteen people given letters from Mr. Westing?
Vocabulary
Receding, vigil, immigrant, meager, pyrotechnic, coroner, executor, beneficiary, heiress, legacy
Chapter 5 – Sixteen Heirs
1. How does Grace Wexler believe she is “related” to Mr. Westing?
2. In his coffin, Sam Westing is holding something in his hands. What is it?
3. Dr. Deere also joins the Wexler family at the reading of the will. Do you find this odd? Describe the doctor.
4. How does Grace Wexler believe Mr. Westing chose all of the other beneficiaries?
5. Why is Judge J.J. Ford surprised to see E.J. Plum in charge of the Westing estate?
6. What do you think Sydelle Pulaski is trying to do with her limp and crutches?
Vocabulary -
Appraise, mourning, monogram, relinquish, aviator, invalid, convulsion, afflicted, morbid, diagnosis, scrutiny, incompetence, poise