The Westing Game

1. The Westing Game Jeopardy Review Game

2. Jeopardy Game Directions On the Jeopardy game board, there are five categories. Each category relates to the novel, The Westing Game, that we are reading. There are five questions under each category that get progressively harder. Select a category and a point value. Read the statement and, then, click the next slide navigation button to get the answer. After answering the question, return to the Jeopardy board by clicking the home navigation button. Categories that have already been chosen will appear in pea green.

3. Navigation Directions - this navigation button takes you to the next slide. In other words, after reading the description, click this button to access the question slide. It will always be found on the bottom right hand side of the answer slide. - this navigation button returns you to the Jeopardy board. It will always be found on the bottom left hand side of the question slide

5. Setting/ Plot Question 100 Where do the characters in the novel live?

6. Setting/ Plot Answer 100 Sunset Towers

7. Setting/ Plot Question 200 Where is Sunset Towers located?

8. Setting/ Plot Answer 200 On Lake Michigan

9. Setting/ Plot Question 300 Where does the reading of Sam Westing’s will occur?

10. Setting/ Plot Answer 300 In the library of his house

11. Setting/ Plot Question 400 What is the object of the Westing Will?

12. Setting/ Plot Answer 400 To discover who took the life of Sam Westing and win the inheritance

13. Setting/ Plot Question 500 Explain the meaning of purple waves.

14. Setting/ Plot Answer 500 Supposedly, two high school kids went into Sam’s house. One came out screaming and hit the rocks at the bottom of the cliff. The other has only ever said “purple waves” ever since.

15. Characters Question 100 Who is the delivery boy?

16. Characters Answer 100 Otis Amber

17. Characters Question 200 Who is the doorman?

18. Characters Answer 200 Sandy McSouthers

19. Characters Question 300 Who is the dressmaker?

20. Characters Answer 300 Flora Baumbach

21. Characters Question 400 Who is in a wheelchair?

22. Characters Answer 400 Chris Theodorakis

23. Characters Question 500 Who is pretentious and claims to be an actual relative to Sam Westing?

24. Characters Answer 500 Mrs. Wexler

25. Characters Question 600 Who is the track star?

26. Characters Answer 600 Doug Hoo

27. Characters Question 700 Who is the intern?

28. Characters Answer 700 Dr. Denton Deere

29. Characters Question 800 Who sued Sam Westing for stealing the idea of the disposable paper diaper?

30. Characters Answer 800 Mr. Shin Hoo

31. Characters Question 900 Who is in debt to Sam Westing?

32. Characters Answer 900 Judge Ford

33. Characters Question 1000 Who was fired from Westing Paper Mill?

34. Characters Answer 1000 Sandy McSouthers

35. Clues Question 100 What did Chris see at the Westing House the night of the murder?

36. Clues Answer 100 A person limping

37. Clues Question 200 What do Turtle and Flora do with their money based on their clues?

38. Clues Answer 200 Turtle thinks their clues are symbols for the stock market. They invest money in the stocks she thinks are abbreviations for their clues.

39. Clues Question 300 Who has “a calloused hand, a healed cut, and a burn” on their hand?

40. Clues Answer 300 Theo Theodorakis

41. Clues Question 400 Who is Dr. Sikes, and how is he affiliated with Sam Westing?

42. Clues Answer 400 Dr. Sikes was in an automobile accident with Sam Westing.

43. Clues Question 500 How does Turtle reference her father when they go to dinner?

44. Clues Answer 500 A bookie

45. Major Events Question 100 Who is the only person to cry at the reading of Sam Westing’s will?

46. Major Events Answer 100 Flora Baumbach

47. Major Events Question 200 What happens to the tenants of Sunset Towers?

48. Major Events Answer 200 They are snowbound

49. Major Events Question 300 What does Turtle sell the people in Sunset Towers when they lose power?

50. Major Events Answer 300 Homemade candles