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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. Who does Emily think she sees in the dining room?

2. What has Emily lost?

3. Who wants to eat something?

4. Whose room is discovered to be empty in the middle of the night?

5. How many Indian figurines remain on the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Armstrong say about Emily's strength?

2. How does Rogers ensure that nothing will happen to the figurines?

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

4. Who is Mr. Morris?

5. What makes Vera feel relief?

6. What are Lombard's instructions to Vera?

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

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

9. What is in Armstrong's medical case?

10. What does Vera find when she returns to her room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the alliances made on the island. Which seemed the strongest and why? Why did these alliances come together?

- Blore, Armstrong and Lombard

- Vera and Lombard

- Armstrong and Wargrave

Essay Topic 2

Justice Wargrave has differing opinions about each of the characters. Which does he feel the least pity for? Which does he think are the most innocent? How do these differences play out in his murder plots?

Essay Topic 3

This novel has no clear "hero" or protagonist. Select two or three characters that you think best fill the role of "hero" and explain why. Explain why you think Christie decided to tell this tale without a heroic detective who "saves the day."

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