Ten Little Indians | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Seattle - This city is the location for all of the stories in Ten Little Indians.

Chocolate Thunder - This is the name of a vibrating brown object purchased by the father of a boy in a coma in "Do Not Go Gentle." It becomes a kind of talisman to bring the child back to health.

Indian Dance Regalia - In "What You Pawn, I will Redeem," this object--stolen fifty years earlier--is spotted in a Seattle pawnshop window.

Basketball - This game figures prominently in two stories, "Lawyer's League" and "What Ever Happened...
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