The Westing Game

Which three words or phrases best summarize Chapter 3-4?

• wedding dresses, sore shins, newspaper articles

• witch costume, silver cross, Westing Paper Products

• fireworks, $24, writing names

• smoke, dead body, letters

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What kind of relationship do Theo and Chris have? Select all that apply.

• The two brothers are close.

• Theo and Chris fight about everything.

• Theo looks out for Chris.

• Theo tells Chris stories.

• Theo and Chris don't know each other well.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read this line from Chapter 4.

At last slow morning crept up the cliff and raised the Westing house, the house of whispers, the house of death.

What types of figurative language are used? Select all that apply.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Read this line from Chapter 4.

At last slow morning crept up the cliff and raised the Westing house, the house of whispers, the house of death.

What does this line mean? Select all that apply.

• It is used to show that time passes slowly for Turtle.

• The Westing house was floating in the air.

• She is waiting until morning so she can collect the bet money she earned by staying in the scary house.

• The house is a scary place where creepy events happened and strange noises can be heard.

• Many people were whispering and talking about the house.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which word best describes Turtle in Chapter 3-4?

• daring

• anxious

• bossy

• logical

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Chapter 3 -

Theo leaned closer. " And high above the putrid corpse a crystal chandelier is tinkling. It tinkles and twinkles, but not one breath of air stirs in that gloomy tomb of a room."

What does the word putrid mean?

• decaying with a very bad or disgusting smell.

• speak or act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

• to vomit

• of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which words are synonym for putrid? Select all that apply.

• rotten

• decomposed

• rancid

• rank

• tainted

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Chapter 3 -

Theo leaned closer. " And high above the putrid corpse a crystal chandelier is tinkling. It tinkles and twinkles, but not one breath of air stirs in that gloomy tomb of a room."

What part of grammar is the word putrid?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A