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CHAPTER 1, 2, & 3

1. Who is U.N. Owen? What do we learn about him in the novel’s opening pages? U.N. Owen Is a secretive man who invites nine people to his island for a holiday witch looks very suspicious because he ether signs his name differently or the people don't really know him or her as he or she has said both in the letters.

2. Where does the story take place? Describe the primary setting of And Then There Were None with **__as much detail as possible.__** The story takes place in a mansion on Indian Island. The primary setting was all the guests converging on the island by train or in there own cars.

3. How and why is Indian Island so important to the narrative (Story)? The island is very important for the story because it secludes the character from the rest of the world and makes them know that it's one of them.

4. Identify the ten guests who have been invited to Indian Island, giving their **__names and backgrounds__**. •MR. Justice Wargrave: The reptilian old man, known in the press and the courts as a "hanging judge" had the blood of countless prisoners on his hands. How many of them were innocent? •Vera Clayhorne: An ex-governess with a coroner's Inquest in her pas, she had been completely absolved of all guilt, she explained even the boy's mother hadn't blamed her. •Emily Brent: A sixty-five-year-old spinster whose troubled dreams and rambling diary were the only indications of a disturbed- and perhaps dangerous-mind. • General Macathur: His life, as far as he was concerned, had ended in the trenches in the Great War. "I'll never leave Indian Island alive" he said to anyone who would listen. • Dr. Armstrong: At first the physician was a convenient dispencer of sedatives and diagnostician of cause of death, but later the others remembered that he was the only one who had easy access to poison. •Anthony Marston: Like a young bronzed god, he came careening into their lives as if he would live forever. His stunning strength provided pitifully inadequate against that of his unknown adversary. •Mr. Blore: The blunt, bearlike ex C.I.D. man tried to pass himself off as an African colonial, but when the fame was up he amused himself by suspecting everyone else's motives. •MR and Mrs. Rogers: The stammering butler and white bloodless cook fort the strange gathering on Indian Island had been the perfect servants, as the others learned when circumstances forced them to fend for themselves. • U.N. Owen: Is the man or woman who owns the island U.N. Owen is just a alias that he has made up.

5. Did any of these individuals – when you first encountered them in the introductory Cast of Characters, or in the following pages – strike you as especially sinister? (If so, which one and why?)

Threatening? Anthony Marston because he dint care about anyone but himself. Mr. Blore because he was hideing his true identity which was very odd. Mr. Justice Wargrave because he seems like he is hiding something but makes himself look as though he is only helping himself. General Macarther because he states that he will not leave the island alive witch is slightly suspicious. Dr. Armstrong because his conscience has been eating at him for so long after killing his patient because he was drunk.

Harmless? Mr. and Mrs. Rogers because they are to afraid to do anything bad to upset there enploier. Emily Berent because she is old and has been raised to be a very gental proper lady. Vera Claythorn because she just seems like a nice worman who wouldnt try to kill anyone.

6. Describe the poem Vera Claythorne finds on display above the mantel in her bedroom (in ch 2). What kind of poem is it? The poem describes ten indian boys wittch die off one at a time untill there is only one left which may be a forshowding ploy to hint that they might be killed off one at a time.

7. How are the poem’s meaning and imagery changed by its context in this novel? The poems is talking about ten indian boys who et killed or die one at a time untill there is only one left this makes you think that the charactors are going to be killed off untill there in going only to be one left.

8. How does the poem relate to the centerpiece of small china figures that first appears in the subsequent dinner scene (in Ch.3)? The china figures may repersent each persons life so if one dies a figure may dissapear. The figures are simboles for life and death of the charactors.

9. How does this poem relate to the larger plot or structure of the novel? (You may need to come back to this question after reading the rest of the novel.)

10. In chapter 3, the ten guests are gathered for their after-dinner coffee when suddenly an “inhuman, penetrating” voice begins to speak to them, one which has been prerecorded on a phonograph record. What **exactly** does “The Voice” accuse **each** guest of doing? Be specific. The voice said " You are charged with the following indictments Edward George Armstrong, that you did upon the 14th day of march, in 1925, caused the death of louisa mary clees. Emily Caroline Brent, that upon the 5th of november 1931 you were responcible for the death of Beatrice taylor. William Henry Blore, that you brought about the death of James Stephen on October 10th, 1928

Vera Elizabeth Claythorne, that on the 11th day of August,1935, you killed Cyril ogilvie Hamilton Philip Lombard, that aupon a date in February, 1932 you were guilty of the death of twenty one, members of an East African Tribe. John Gordon Macarthur, that on the 4th of January 1917, you deliberatly sent your wife's lover, Arthur Richmond, to his death. Anthony James MArston, that upon the 14th day of november last, you were guiltu of the murder of John and Lucy Combes. Lawrence John Wargrave that upon the 10th day of juse, 1930, you were guilty of the murder of Edward Seton. Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence"

CHAPTERS 4 & 5

11. Who dies at the end of chapter 4? Anthony Marston

12. Look at the victim’s last words, and then explain the irony or black comedy of this particular murder, given these final comments. "The legal life's narrowing! I'm all for crime! Here's to it"

13. In part 5 of chapter 5, we learn the following about General Macarthur: “He knew, suddenly, that he didn’t want to leave this island.” Why do you think he knows this? Provide as many reasons as you can. He knows that he doesn't want to face his wife and that he is slightly depressed.

What is the general going through? Describe his state of mind – what it is, and what it might be. The state of mind he is in is that he is very guilty and his conscience is making him depressed.

CHAPTER 6 & 7

14. How does Mrs. Rogers meet her demise in chapter 6? It is unclear how she met her demise but the most plausible way is that her conscience had made her heart stop or that she was poisoned by ether her self or that her husband killed her.

15. Why does Mr. Blore immediately suspect that Mrs. Rogers was killed by her husband, the butler? Explain Mr. Blore’s accusation, pointing out its strengths and shortcomings. Mr Blore suspects that Mr. Rogers killed his wife because she was about to tell everyone on the island how they killed the old woman.

16. In part 3 of chapter 7, Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong discuss the two deaths that have occurred thus far. Why do they conclude that both deaths must have been acts of murder? They think how both deaths have been so close together and in order exactly of the poem the ten little Indians.

How does this conclusion relate to the absence of Mr. Owen? That Mr. Lombard and Mr Armstrong think that Mr Owen must be hidden on the island.

Why do Mr. Lombard and Dr. Armstrong then agree to enlist Mr. Blore in their search mission? The two men think that Mr Blore would be very helpful in trying to find Mr Owen.

What and where do they plan to search? They plan to search the whole island because it is fully isolated.

CHAPTER 8 & 9

17. Reread the last sentence of chapter 8. Identify the possible as well as the inevitable implications of this last sentence – for the plot of this novel and the fate of its characters. "There was no one on the island but their eight selves." It means that there is only the possibility that one of the people can be the murder because there is no other person on the island.

18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story different from this point on? The Guests realized that one of them must be the murderer is one of them.

19. After the murdered body of General Macarthur is discovered, the seven remaining characters participate in an informal yet serious court session to “establish the facts” of what has transpired since their arrival at Indian Island. Who is the leader of this parlor-room inquest? Does this appointment seem fitting? Why or why not? The leader of the court room ends up being Mr Wargrave who is a judge so it is very fitting for him to be the leader of the court room.

How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and conclusions? The other characters deflect the questions away from each other to stop the suspicion falling on them.

How do they react to one another’s accusations? They try to focus on each others accusations to deflect suspicion from themselves.

20. In your view, who seemed most likely to be guilty at this point in the narrative, and who seemed most likely to be innocent? I think that Mr Blore is the most suspicious and Mrs Brent is the least guilty.

CHAPTER 10 & 11

21. In part 4 of chapter 10 we encounter Miss Emily Brent at work on her diary. She seems to be nodding off while sitting at the window and writing in her notebook. “The pencil straggled drunkenly in her fingers,” we read. “In shaking loose capitals she wrote: THE MURDERER’S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR... Her eyes closed. Suddenly, with a start, she awoke.”

What do you make of this passage? What does it mean? Why would Miss Brent jot down such a statement? Think about what you have learned about Miss Brent’s background, mentality, spiritual outlook, and idea of right and wrong when answering these questions. The passage may mean be for-showding that she is the murder and that she doesn't feel like she is responsible for Mrs. Taylor's death. Even thought she may be responsible for the others deaths.

22. As chapter 11 begins, what is different about the arrangement of the china figure Indians in the dining room? How many are now in the table’s centerpiece – and what does this number tell you? There is fore missing now instead of three.

23. How has Mr. Rogers been killed? He was hit in the of the head with an ax.

24. At the end of this chapter, everyone is having a hearty breakfast, being “very polite” as they address one another, and “behaving normally” in all other ways. Does this make sense to you? Explain why or why not. What else is going on? The people are so freaked out that they require some normality into there lives.

25. Read the conclusion of chapter 11 and then comment on the thoughts and fears these characters are experiencing. the characters are all thinking that they have no clue who the murders is so they are very scared.

CHAPTER 12 & 13

26. How is Miss Brent murdered, and why is Dr. Armstrong immediately suspected of committing this crime? Miss Brent was killed by being stabbed with a hypodermic needle and poisoned Dr Armstrong was immediately suspected because he is the only man who had one.

27. What telltale item in the doctor’s possession turns up missing? The Hypodermic needle

28. What item originally in Mr. Lombard’s possession also disappears? His revolver

29. Five people are still alive as chapter 13 begins. In the second paragraph, we read: “And all of them, suddenly, looked less like human beings. They were reverting to more bestial types.” Explain this behavior, and provide several example of it by referring to the text of the novel. All the people are a lot more suspicious and scared. All the guests also decide to not be with only other one person.

30. Is this similar to how you yourself would behave if placed in this horrific situation? Explain why or why not. It is almost identical to what I would do if I was one the island in there place.

31. Earlier in the narrative, both a ball of gray wool and a red shower curtain suddenly go missing. How and where do these items reappear? They reapers on Wargraves dead body.

32. At the end of chapter 13, Mr. Lombard exclaims, “How Edward Seton would laugh if he were here! God, how he’d laugh!” Identify the implied, potential, and literal meanings of this “outburst [that] shocked and startled the others.”

CHAPTER 14- END

33. The narrative of And Then There Were None seems to become more detailed – and carefully descriptive and deliberately paced – as it draws to a close. In chapter 14, for instance, we encounter extended interior monologues involving Miss Claythorne and ex-Inspector Blore. Why do you suppose the author begins to focus on her characters in this way, and at this moment in the tale? The auther was hinting that both of them were not the murders only leaveing Lumbard.

What do we learn from the private thoughts of these two characters? We lear how both people feel that ether Mr Lumbard is the murder or that the Dr is in hideing and is going to kill all three of the people left alive.

How do their ideas and impressions in chapter 14 advance the story? The ideas in chapter 14 were that they suspected Blore but then he was murdered and then vera realized that Mr lumbard is U.N. Owen.

34. What happens to Dr. Armstrong? How and when does he disappear? Dr armstrong was killed by drowning and Mr Lumbard kill him

35. How is Mr. Blore murdered, and why do Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard suspect that Dr. Armstrong is Mr. Blore’s killer? Mr. Blore was murdered by a bear shaped clock falling onto his head.

36. When you reached the point where Miss Claythorne and Mr. Lombard are the only two characters remaining, which one did you think was the murderer? Or did you suspect someone else? Use quotes from the novel to support your answer.

I think that Mr. lombard is the murderer because vera is just so much more innocent and he seems a lot more dangerous.

37. Who kills Philip Lombard? Vera Claythorn

38. Who, ultimately, is responsible for the death of Vera Claythorne? Her own conscience had driven her to kill her self so that she would be with Hugo.

EPILOGUE

39. Look again at the book’s Epilogue. Who are the detectives in charge of solving these crimes? Sir. Thomas Legge, Inspector Maine.

Are they able to come up with any answers? Evaluate their success, identifying the points on which they are correct and those on which they are incorrect in their reconstruction of the events on Indian Island.

40. Who is the murderer? How is his or her identity revealed? Mr Wargrave

41. Who is the mysterious Mr. Owen? Mr Wargrave

42. Were you satisfied with the novel’s conclusion? And were you surprised by it? Yes and how the story ended was very confusing but made the story a lot better.

43. Did you, as a reader and an armchair detective, find the ending fully credible and plausible? Did the murderer’s “confession” seem fitting and appropriate to you? Explain your answers.

Define the term “red herring”. It means that its a false lead in which some information is given that is unnecessary to the outcome of the story.

44. And Then There Were None is generally seen as one of the best mystery novels ever published. What are the clues in this mystery? What are the red herrings? The clues