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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blore say to do after locking the doors?

2. What frightens Rogers the most about the murders?

3. What has Emily lost?

4. Where did Wargrave hear about Emily?

5. Who does Vera suspect the most?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What really happened to Cyril?

4. Why does Lombard suspect Wargrave?

5. What happens to Emily after she writes in her diary?

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

7. Why does Blore bring everybody outside?

8. What did Morris tell the people of Sticklehaven?

9. What evidence is there that Rogers slept in his room?

10. How does the Judge respond when Lombard refuses to give up his weapon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel doesn't really have a "happy ending." Decide whether you think the ending is a negative or a positive one. Explain why and use examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

How does Christie exploit the class or social system that the characters are a part of? How do the characters' social roles affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Who is really in control in the novel: the characters or the murderer? At the end, it is Vera's choice to kill Lombard or the has her free will been eroded by the psychological torture of Wargrave?

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