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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in Vera's room that she had never noticed before?
(a) A big black hook.
(b) A knife.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A mirror.

2. Who declines to help clear the table "out of giddiness?"
(a) Emily.
(b) Vera.
(c) Blore.
(d) Lombard.

3. Who did Emily dream about the night before?
(a) Lombard.
(b) The General.
(c) Vera.
(d) Beatrice.

4. What is missing from the bathroom?
(a) The mirror.
(b) The curtain.
(c) The rug.
(d) The towels.

5. Whose room is discovered to be empty in the middle of the night?
(a) Lombard's.
(b) Blore's.
(c) Armstrong's.
(d) Vera's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blore think he can locate?

2. What does Blore take with him when he leaves his room?

3. What was Rogers doing when he was killed?

4. When does Lombard usually wake up?

5. When the guests go down for breakfast, how many Indian figurines are on the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is given the keys to the silver chest?

2. Why does Blore bring everybody outside?

3. Why does Lombard believe that he will survive and Blore won't?

4. What makes Vera feel relief?

5. What is in Armstrong's medical case?

6. Who is Mr. Morris?

7. What initially gives Wargrave the idea of murdering the people on Indian Island?

8. What is the Judge's appearance when he is found dead?

9. What romantic notion inspires the author of the manuscript's method of confession?

10. What is Vera's opinion of the idea that Lombard might be the killer?

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