Q 01/05

In The Westing Game, what does Turtle Wexler do to anyone who dares to touch her braid?

A) Kicks them in the shin

B) Bites them on the hand

C) Stomps on their foot

D) Pours water on them

Answer · why

A) Kicks them in the shin

Kicks them in the shin is Turtle's rule, and half of Sunset Towers has the bruises to prove it. A bruised shin on the wrong man later helps her crack ...

Q 02/05

The clues handed to the heirs in The Westing Game are words taken from which patriotic song?

A) The Star-Spangled Banner

B) God Bless America

C) America the Beautiful

D) This Land Is Your Land

Answer · why

C) America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful supplies every clue, and Sydelle Pulaski proves it by singing the verses aloud. The heirs still guess wrong, because the real an...

Q 03/05

Which heir, the last one anyone suspects, turns out to be Sam Westing himself in disguise?

A) Otis Amber

B) Sandy McSouthers

C) James Shin Hoo

D) Dr. D. Denton Deere

Answer · why

B) Sandy McSouthers

Sandy McSouthers, the friendly doorman, is the millionaire all along. Judge Ford works it out too late: her own partner was the one heir she had never...

Q 04/05

Despite its name, which direction does Sunset Towers in The Westing Game face?

A) North

B) South

C) West

D) East

Answer · why

D) East

East is the wrong way for watching a sunset, and the five-story building has no towers either. The opening page is a warning that nothing in this stor...

Q 05/05

Which shocking claim does Sam Westing's will make to the heirs gathered to hear it?

A) One of them killed him

B) His fortune is gone

C) They are all his children

D) His lawyer robbed him

Answer · why

A) One of them killed him

One of them killed him, the will says, in a way too clever for the police to catch. That single sentence turns sixteen heirs into suspects and detecti...