Westing Game discussion questions

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Westing Game discussion questions

• Chapters 21-24

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• 1. Why does Theo want Turtles bike
• To follow Otis Amber

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• 2. Why does she give it to him?
• Because she thinks that Theo knows Angela is the
  bomber and she wants to protect her

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• 3. How does Theo feel after spying on Otis and
  Crow at the soup kitchen?
• He feels dirty for spying

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• 4. Why isnt J.J. Ford more grateful to Sam
  Westing?
• Her parents were his servants, he played chess
  with her and insulted her about her skills. She
  also thought that he paid for her education so he
  would have the advantage of having a judge in his
  debt

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• 5. How is Turtle caught?
• The sign left with the 4th bomb was written on
  the back of her composition

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• 6. What does Turtle confess to Judge Ford?
• She was in the Westing house the night Sam
  Westing died

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• 7. Who has been stealing things?
• Madame Hoo

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• 8. Why has she been stealing things?
• To pay her way back to China

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• 9. Which heirs does Judge Ford think may be Mrs.
  Westing?
• Crow

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• 10. How does Turtle react to the picture of
  Rosalie?
• Instead of making an ugly comment as she had done
  previously she is now nice and says she looks
  happy and must have been nice to be around

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• 11. How has Turtles attitude changed since she
  first heard of Rosalie?
• She does not seem jealous anymore, the love Flora
  has given her has made her more self-confident

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• 12. What does Otis mean when he says, The
  Turtle has lost its tail?
• Turtles braid is gone

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• 13. Why have the heirs been summoned to the
  Westing house again?
• To give their answers to who they think the
  murderer is

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• 14. Name each pair and tell who they guessed was
  the murderer
• 1- Madame Hoo and Jake Wexler- Boom
• 2- Flora and Turtle - 11,587.50
• 3- Chris and Denton Deere- Mr. Westing was a
  good man
• 4-JJ Ford and Sandy McSouthers- no answer
• 5- Grace Wexler and Mr. Hoo- Ed Plum
• 6- Crow and Otis Amber- mother
• 7- Doug Hoo and Theo Theodorakis- no answer
• 8- Sydelle Pulaski and Angela Wexler- Otis
  Amber

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• 15. How does Judge Ford feel when Sandy suggest
  that they pool their clues?
• She is confused about why he is leading them to
  Crow when they had said they would protect her,
  she decides he must be Sam Westing

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• 16. What results from sharing the clues?
• The missing letters spell Berthe Erica Crow

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• 17. Who confesses to the murder?
• Crow
• Do you think she did it?