The Westing Game

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the primary motivation for characters to play Westing’s game?

A) Prestige

B) Intelligence

C) Money

D) Clout

2. What is the significance of chess in the novel?

A) The game, like chess, is something to be done in the characters’ free time.

B) Chess is used to determine the inheritance of Sam Westing’s estate.

C) Chess and the game are activities that are leisurely and unimportant.

D) It serves as a metaphor for strategic thinking and planning.

3. What is the primary reason Turtle acts out?

A) Her father does not understand her behavior.

B) She has an unresolved conflict with her mother.

C) She acts out because she does not have friends.

D) The family wealth has spoiled her.

4. How does the behavior of the residents of Sunset Tower begin to change after the beginning of the novel because of the Westing game?

A) They draw closer to one another, understanding each other better.

B) There is no visible difference in the way the characters interact.

C) Residents become suspicious of one another.

D) Most residents suspect Sam Westing is not dead.

5. Which of the following is an example of a red herring in the novel?

A) Judge Ford’s guess that Sandy is Sam.