Angela Wexler
Angela Wexler, the obedient oldest daughter of her mother Grace Wexler is soon getting married to Dr. Denton Deere. Angela has weak skin, blonde hair, and pale blue eyes. Everyone of the tenants see her as a pretty airhead and take her for granted, but in reality she is very intelligent and has a delightful personality. Her partner in the Westing Game is Sydelle Pulaski who stays very close to her craving attention. Additionally, She bombed Sunset Towers to show that she didn't want attention. She goes back to college after the aftermath of the Westing Game and becomes an Orthopedic surgeon.
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Barney Northrup
Barney Northrup, the person who is not real, is the real-estate agent for the Sunset Towers and was ordered by Sam Westing to sell the Sunset Tower apartments to the specific heirs that were supposed play the Westing Game. To get people to stay in the apartments he sends out letters to 16 people. He persuades all of them to buy the apartments by using deception and trickery. Barney has a furry mustache and black hair.He fired Sandy McSouthers the doorman of Sunset Towers by saying hurtful things. He also had been kicked in the shins by Turtle Wexler for calling her a very mean name. That same mark on the shin was on Sandy McSouthers leg. He is one of the four disguises and alter ego's of Sam Westing.
Chris Theodorakis
Chris Theodarkis is the 15 year old brother of Theo Theodorakis. Chris strolls around on a wheelchair, and has a talking disability, his favorite pastime is watching birds. He was the only person to see someone go in the Westing Mansion on Halloween night before Sam Wesing was murdered. He never confessed to see someone until Turtle's Trial, he knew that it was Dr. Sykes, Sam Westing's doctor . Luckily, his partner in the Westing Game, Dr. Deere, he is working on a medicine and cure to help solve his problems. Soon with the help of the new medicine, Chris started to walk and speak and became a full time Birdwatcher in Central Africa.
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Dr. Denton Deere
Dr. Denton Deere, the brown haired intern and fiancee to Angela always rushies in to things. He is graduated from UW medical school as a Plastic Surgery major. His partner in the Westing Game is Chris Theodarkis who he helps to get over his disabity and trying to cure him, after the Westing Game. In the future he becomes a neurololgist and marries Angela Wexler.
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Doug Hoo
Doug Hoo, a 18 year old high school senior, is a sensational track runner and is the son of restaraunt owner James Shin Hoo. He is paired up with Theo Theodarkis whom he disagrees on the clues given to him. He mainly did not focus on the Westing game rather his partner, Theo, did as he had a goal to win the mile race and to compete with other college track stars to earn a scholarship to College. He evntually won the race making him very succesful and later he became a two time Olympic Gold medalist and Sports announcer.
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Flora Baumbach
Flora Baumbach, the 60 year old short and pudgy women, is a steely haired dressmaker for Violet Westing and Angela Wexler. Her personality is polite and respectful and she is sometimes sad that her Special needs daughter, Rosalie, died from pneumonia. Her partner, Turtle, fills in as a daughter presence for her and Flora always treats her well and treats her like her own. At the third bombing, Mr. Hoo thought that she has to be the bomber and the she can't be trusted since she smiled every time even when the three places were bombed. Her strange connection with Sam Westing is that she made a dress for Violet Westing, Sam Westing's daughter, that she never wore.
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James Shin Hoo
James Hoo, the strict Chinese uptight man with black hair, restaurateur, and inventor, owns the Shin Hoo Restaurant who he established on the fifth floor of the Sunset Towers. James Hoo hates that dosen't know how he never sees any customers and how that his restaurant is not gaining any profit, but the Coffee Shop is. His beliefs are that Doug Hoo, his son, is lazy and that his partner, Mrs. Wexler, is too enthusiastic and crazy. James Hoo filed a lawsuit against Sam Westing for stealing his idea of the Disposable paper diaper, this action makes him suspicious to be the murderer of Sam Westing. After the Westing Game he gives his restaurant to Grace Wexler and makes a company selling his newly invented Paper Innersoles.
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Judge J.J. Ford
Judge J.J. Ford, a 40 year old big tipper, is a Black tall and firm women. Her partner in the Westing Game is poor Sandy McSouthers whom she gives both her checks too. She was the one who hosted a party for sharing the clues and tried to figure out who had a connection with Sam Westing and who didn't. The judge knows that James Hoo, herself, Theo's father, and Sandy met the mysterious man who strangely diapered. By trying to out think him and hoping to beat him. She does finally fail at the end by falling into a trap she fell into many times when playing with Sam Weting, the Queens Sacrifice. In her childhood she played chess with Sam and the last time she played against him one of her chess pieces killed Sam Westing's queen to allow Sam Westing to checkmate her king. When Crow, the queen, his old wife confessed that she murdered his daughter, Sam lost her queen to let the players focus on Crow, but not the game. In the future, she joines the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and soon joined the Supreme Court.
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Sam Westing
Sam Westing, the creator of the Westing Game, died at 65, or as he said he has!. This filthy rich and clever man, a master of chess, lost his daughter to Suicide, Violet Westing, Sam Westing is divorced from wife, Berthe Erica Crow, and changed his name from Windy Windkloppel to Sam Westing. He is very patriotic and celebrates American holidays with emense joy. He has a mustache and a stubby noes. However, he was secretly alive to see the Westing Game because he disguised himself as Sandy, Barney, and Julian in an attempt to not reveal his identity. The car crash in which the media said he dissapeared made his face really messed up and that allowed nobody to notice who he was. Eventually, Turtle found out that Windy changed his name four times each representing four Cardinal Directions. How smart! In the end of the book Sam Westing, died on the day before Fourth of July in Turtle's arms
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Grace Windsor Wexler
Grace Wexler, the 42 year old fashonista, claims that Sam Westing is her Uncle and that her career is an Interior designer. . The woman's real name is Grace Windkloppel, however she doesn't want anyone to know about it. Her partner in the Westing Game is James Hoo who they meet at his restaurant to discuss clues. At Shin Hoo's restaurant, her partner, Mr. Hoo, and her try run the business to attract more customers. She successfully changed the Shin Hoo's restaurant to Hoo's on First which gained major success. Eventually, Doug winning the mile run race brought more attention to the restaurant and attracted more and more attention. Soon, Grace Wexler became the new owner of Hoo's on First and expanded the restaurant around the state.
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Sandy McSouthers
Sandy McSouthers, the poor and old doorman of Sunset Towers, used to work for Sam Westing, at the Industrial Paper Mill. His partner in the Westing Game is J.J. Ford who makes a great match. Since he lost his job at the Westing Company his family is poor. Luckily, the rich J.J. Ford gave his family the two 10,000 dollar check to maintain balance at his house. This man's dark secret is that he in reality he is Sam Westing.
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Turtle Wexler
This irritating brown haired girl, Turtle , is prepared to kick a shin when someone pulls her two braids. She's daring, selfish, and looked, like a turtle when she came to this world. She had said that she bombed Sunset Towers to protect Angela from her mother When the Game comes to an end, Turtle wins the game by using her very talented brain and figuring out that Sam Westing had four names. In the future , she went by the name of T.R. Wexler and she marries believe it or not Theo!
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Jake Wexler
Dr. Jake Wexler, the 45 year jewish bookie, is married to Grace Wexler. Furthermore, Jake Wexler graduated from a high university and has worked on Crow's feet to cure her, observing that she needed medical attention. However, later he quits his job and becomes a consultant to the governor's inquiry panel for a state lottery.
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Theo Theodorakis
A senior in high school, Theo, writes extremely well and wants to be a writer someday. He always takes care of Chris, his disabled brother, even though his partner is Doug Hoo. The boy finds out that with his clues that he could make a formula. The senior discovered that with the leftover letters he could spell the word Otis. However, he does change his mind when he sees Otis giving out soup to old men in the Crow's soup store. In the future, he marries Turtle Wexler and they earn the inheritance together from the Westing Game.
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Otis Amber
The 62 year old delivery man, Otis Amber, explained the kids about the haunted story of the abandoned Westing Mansion. The delivery man lost the clues that he received and that made Crow, his partner, angry. His IQ is 50, however he secretly works as a private investigator. He worked for Sam Westing to make sure that Crow stayed out of trouble. To add on, he worked for Barney Northrup to investigate J.J Ford, George Theodorkais, James Hoo, Grace Wexler, Flora Baumbach, and Sybil Pulaski. Otis did admit that he made a mistake with Sybil and Sydelle. In the future, he married Bertha Crow and worked at the soup kitchen.
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Sydelle Pulaski
The 50 year old very smart secretary of the president for a sausage company, Sydelle Pulaski, limps and owns crutches to gain attention. Her partner in the Westing Game is Angela Wexler. Additionally, Sam Westing wanted Sybil Pulaski, Crow's friend, not Sydelle Pulaski. She is Sam Westing's mistake. In the future, Sydelle will marry the president of the Sausage company.
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Berthe Erica Crow
Berthe Erica Crow , the 60 year old worshiper of god, always wears dark clothes, and is the cleaning lady for Sunset Towers. Her partner in the Westing Game is Otis Amber, who lost their clues. She says that she was the murderer of Sam Westing and was his ex- wife She turned to a religious life, after quitting drinking and smoking. Before turning to religion she was very radical, extreme and out of control. After the Westing Game she worked at a soup store and eventually, marries Otis Amber who admired her for years.
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