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And ThenThereWereNone
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ContemporaryClassicsStudy Questions
Chapter1
l. Wheie is Mr. JusticeWargraveat the outgetof the novel?
2. What is Wargrave'sdcstination?
3, Why is Wargav€ going to Indian Island?
4, Wbat assesrment
of Wargravc'scharactercan be madc from this short scenc?
5. How is Vera Claythorncdiffereut from Wargrave?
6, How is Vera likc Wargraye?
7, How do€6Lombardcharactedzevera?
8. What do Lombard and Vela havein commoD?
9. What is Philip Lombard'sjob?
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10. What doesLombald,s assignmentto be.,at the disposal,,mean?
11, In the face of the mystery surrounding the job, does lombard f€el uneasy?
12. Wheredo we meetMiss Emily Brent?
13.Why is MissBrenthappy?
14. Why is Miss Blent going to Indian lsland?
15. Is Miss Brcnt surcabout an),rhing?
16, Why is GeneralMacarthurgoing to Indian Islalld?
17. What is tbe c€neral,sattitude?
18. Why is D!. Armstrotg looking forward to his vacatio! on Indiao Island?
19. Why is Dr. Ard$rronggoingto tle isUnaf
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m. How do v/e meet TonY Mal$ton?
21. Horv doesTony leel about going to Indian Isl.nd?
22. Why is Totry going to th€ island?
23. How is To[y characterized?
24. How doesMr. Blore occupyhis travcling time?
25. What docsBlore know of India! Island?
Chapter2
l. what happensat Oakbridgestotion?
2. Hovi' doesMiss Brent feel about wargrave?
aft€r leamitrgthat vera i8 Mrs' Owen's
3, Why doesLoobard feel more as.sured
secretarY?
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4. Horv does Lombard handle Vera,s questioqs abo[t
her iew enployer?
5, What is ceneral Macaithur,s reactionto Lombad?
6. What is learnedfrom Lombard and Macarthur'sconversadon
in the taxi?
7. Who is Davis?
8, What unitesthe membersof the party ar they
Dlepareto cro$sto the island?
9. Why is Tony Ma$ton's arival eEphasized?
10. What is learnedfrom Fred Nalracott's thoughts?
ll, What do the guestsleam as they arrive at tlre house?
12.Whatrevivestleil sptuits?
13, What doesthe butler tell the guests?
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14. What does vela discovel as she is sho{,n to her room?
15. What is Vera's respooseto the framed poeln ove! the mantel?
16. Ho$ doesArmstrongfeel about Narracott'Eunwillingnessor inability to talk
about Indian Island?
17, How doesAmstrong feel about islandsin general?
t8. rwhy doesmeetingWargraveseemodd to Arm6tronS?
19.Why is Wargnve susPicious?
m. What is th€ largestconcetnin GeneralMacanhur'smind?
21. How doesLombald ferl after arriving on the islad?
22, How doesMiss Brent spendher time prior to dilmer?
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Chapter 3
l. What is the centerpieceon the table at dinlrcr?
2. What occursafter the tuenjoin the ladie6in tbe drawingroom?
3. What is the reactionto Tbe Voice?
4, What doesl,ombard discover?
5, What is leamedabout Rogffs?
5. How doesBlorc give himselfaway?
7. Wargav-e-callsfor everyoneptesentto makc kDovi[ rvhytbcy are on Indiafl
Island. What fact emergcsfroE the variousstorics?
8. What doesWargravededucefrom the facts now at his disposal?
Chapter4
l- What other deductiondoesWatgravemake?
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2. DoesWargraveadmit to hurdedng Ed{'ard Seton?
3. How do Vera, Macarthur,,LorEbard,and Marsto! reactto the accusationsleveled
agai!6t theo by The Voice?
4. What is the skeletonin Blore'scloset?
5. Do€sDr, Almotrong claim guilt in the deathof a patient namedClees?
6. How doe6Miss Brent dafcndherseln
7. Docs the entireparty 88x€eto lcavewith Narncott itr the morninS?
Chapter5
l. Ilow docsMa$toE die?
2. What cooclusionis reachedabout Marston'sdeath?
3. what doeswargravethink of while prcpalingfor bcd?
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4. What doer Roge$ discover a$ he clears up downstai.s?
5. What i6.on GeneralMacarthur's mind as he tries to go to sleep?
6. Whatis the storyof Vera,spast?
Chrpter 6
1. Do€sDr. Armstrongrcst peacefully?
2. Ho\ir doesMrr. Rogersdie?
3. What is Emily Br€nt,sexplanationof Mrs. Rog€rs'deatb?What i! Blorc,s?
4. Why doesRogerswish to talk Mth Dr. Armotrotg again?
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l. Whatis MissBretrt'sstory?
2. What factsemergear Lombard and Armstrongdiscussthe Rogerses?
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3. What is Lombard's assessmentof the situation or the island?
Chapter 8
1. What do Blore, Lombard, and Armstronguncoveras they searchthe island for
this lunatic?
2. What do€sLombard guessto be the true situation with the motorboat?
3. Whatdo Veraand GeneralMacarthurdiscuss?
4. What do Armstrong and Blore discussas they finish their scalchfor a cav€?
5. What do Armstrong, Blore and Lombard discoverasthey sealchthe bouse?
Chapter9
l. The thregmen must eitheracceptthe coiDcidenceof two deathsor fiDd another
explanation.What is Blole's explanation?
2. What occursas the stom breaks?
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3. What is Wargrave's
assessment
of the situation?
4. Hon does Wargtave i end to seaich ollt the ..bogus lrdian
boy,,?
Chapter10
l. Why docsLombardsuspectWargrave?Do€sVera agrec?
2, Whom doesMiss Brent surpectof being ,.possesscd
by a devil,,, and, thereforc,
Mr. Owen?
3. At tea-timc,theft is add€dto murder. What is missing?
4, How do the guestsprotectthemselvesduring the night?
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l. The next momiag, Rogersis missingand so is Mi5s Brent. Wherc
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2. Who is suspected
of Rogers,murder?
3. my doesVera becomehystericalabout bees?
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4. Ho$/ does Blore feel about Mi$s Brelrt? Does Lombard agree?
5. What does Mis$ Brent think of while making breakfast?
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l. Emily Brent is acquittedof Rogers'murdet through meansof her own death.Hovr
doesshedie? Who is suspected
of the murder?
2. It is decidedthat the r€mainingweapons
shouldbe lockedup. DoeEthis happen?
Chapter13
l Half the party is now dead.How do the remainingpelsonsprotect themselves?
2. Wbat happeuswhenVera goesto her room?
3, Wlat hasreally happenedto Vcra h her room?
4. Does all the party come to Vera's rooltr?
5, DoesWargrave'smurder solvesoEe of the mystery?
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6. Ilow doesLombard rcact td Waigrdve'sdeath?
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rh€ party at this point?
l. What attitude charac,terizrs
2, what doesLombard discoreras h' goesto b€d?
to aetion?
3. What worriesBlorc itr his bcdroom?what stirs him
4, Who is missilg? What actionis taken?
rEturn?
5, What do Blori and Lombardtclt Vera upoil their
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1, Why i8 Blorc di66uaded
is Os'eu?
2. What inforrBationdocsVera share?
3, What is Vera's stateof mind at this poitrt?
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the situatiotrnow? DoesVera agrce?
4. How doesLombard assess
5. What doesLombarddeducefrori her statement?
6. What do Lombardand Vera discov€ras tbey return to the house?
7. what doesBlorc\ deathmeanto vele?
8. wlrat do Vera and Lombard discoveras the 8u! scts?
Chrpter 16
l. Whal is thc $ost tcrrifying aspcctof the discov€ryof ArmstJolg's body?
2. Why doesVera want to retrieveArmstrong'sbody?
3. lvhat do€svera do after Lombard is dead?
4. What doesthe memoryof th€.Iirtal v€rseof the nurs€ryrhyne suggdt to VeIa?
What do€sshedo as a result?
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l. What do the police discover frortr Mr. Owen's agent, lsaac Morris?
2. How were the bodies on lndian lsland found?
3. What had investigationinto the chargeson the recordingturnedup?
4. Up to a poidt, all signspoint to Vera's havingbe€nthe murderer.Why do the
police leet that it could not havebeenshe?
5. What is the conclusion
of the police?
Manuscriptfrom the Bottle
l. What is the contentof the manuscriDt?
2, Who is th€ murderer?
3. How did Wargraveassemble
his palty?
4. War$ave's tenth victim $as his agetrt, Morris. Why was Morris so important to
Wargrave's plans?
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5. What determiDedthe oider ol death?
6, Ia what sensewasArEstrong th€ "red herring" of the nursqy rhyme?
7. How wasV€ra int€restingto Wargxave?
8. Why doesWargave finish by duplicatinghis "murder" in a suicide?Why doeshe
write the confersion?
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ContemporaryClassicsEnrichmentActivities
Research
l. Investigate
the useof nurseryrhymesin otherChristienovels,suchasHickory,
Dickory Dock, A PocketFull oJ Rye, or CrookedHouse.Writea short papercomparingthe useof the rhymein oneof thesenovelsto Lhatin And Then'Tiere
IyereNone.
2. The recordingof The Voiceis titled ,,SwanSong.',Whatis the significance
of
that particulartitle?Writea briel paperdetailingwhythe title is appropriate,
3. Wargravesaysthat onemajorclueto the solutionof the IndianIslandmurders
wasthe bulletholeon his forehead.Discoverthe meaningbehindthe phrase,,the
brandof Cain," and write a shortpaperto explainthis symbol,
4. Ex-Inspector
Blorementionsan Americancasein whicha man and his wife were
murderedwith an axe.He is referringto the famousLizzieBordencase.Investigat€
that caseand write a newspaper
articlerevealing
the identityof the
murderer.
5. A "r€d herring"is a worthless
cluethat misdirects
the readers,attention.
Compare
the useof the red hertingin And ThenTherclyere Nohewith Mrs. Christie,s
most famousred herring, fo,Jr,din TheMwder of RogerAcktoyd.
6. Mrs. Christie,s
gachotherof havingreadtoo muchc. K.
characters
oftenaccuse
Chesterton,
Readoneof Chesterton,s
mysterynovels.Usin;,4rd ThehTherc
WereNoneasa basis,writea shortpaperexplaining
why you agreeor disagree
withtharopinion.
Reaction
l. Wargravesayshe chosethe most innocentcharactersto die lirst so they wouldn,t
suffer. Whom do you think was the worst character?Whom tlre best, or most
innocent?Why?
2. Revertingto animal-likebehaviorin the fac€ of overpow€ringfear or tensionis
not unusual.Have you ever had the experienceof feelingthe hair on the back oi
your neck rise?Or crouchingto springat an unknown soundin the
dark? Dd
such behaviorhelp or hurt you? How did l€ar alter your reactions?
3. Of all the tensionsfelt by the diminishinggroup on lndjan Island, do you think
distrustof eachother was the wolst? Have you everlelt suchdistrust?Could the
peopleon Indian Island havebehaveddifferently?Hov/ would you have behaved?
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