Characters
Symbols
Vocab
Literary Elements
Themes
100
This individual invited the ten guests to Indian Island.
Who is U.N. Owen?
100
This literary piece plays a recurring role throughout the entire novel.
What is "Ten Little Indians"?
100
Define vamoosed. "When we heard the storm was coming, we quickly vamoosed from the pool."
What is to exit quickly?
100
The Ten Little Indians poem uses this literary element to show how the guests will die.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This is the main difference between the crimes that each of the guests is accused of.
What is the degree of responsibility for each murder? (The Administration of Justice)
200
This person indirectly killed his wife's lover by sending him on a fatal military mission.
Who is General MacArthur?
200
This person marks themselves first symbolically, then actually with a gunshot wound to the head to link themselves to Cain, as both evil and a murderer.
Who is Justice Wargrave?
200
Define exquisite. "The diamond necklace was simply exquisite."
What is of special beauty or charm?
200
This piece of figurative language refers to a song that a specific bird makes before it dies, it's final act.
What is a swan song?
200
General MacArthur felt this after being accused of murder, and realizing that he was doomed.
What is a sense of relief? The Effects of Guilt on One’s Conscience
300
This weather pattern not only caused the island to be cut off from the rest of the world, but its violence mirrored the violence occurring on the island.
What is a storm?
300
Define brazen. "Her decision to lie was brazen, I knew she wasn't telling the truth."
What is shamelessly?
300
Name one instance of flashback.
(Answers will vary)
300
Emily Brent did not help Beatrice Taylor, and was indirectly responsible for her death. She did not help her for this reason.
What is Beatrice being pregnant out of wedlock? The Danger of Reliance on Class Distinctions
400
These individuals are the only ones directly responsible for someone's death before coming to the island.
Who are Anthony Marston and Dr. Armstrong?
400
Tell why Indian Island worked well as a setting for this situation (symbolically).
What is the isolation of the island reflected the isolation of its inhabitants?
400
Define pretense. "She kept up the pretense that she was going to stay for dinner, even though she had a previous engagement."
What is pretending or feigning; make-believe?
400
Name one instance of foreshadowing.
(Answers will vary)
400
This is the reason Vera decides to kill herself, even after she is the last person alive on the island.
What is her guilt? (The Effects of Guilt on One’s Conscience)
500
This person orchestrated the entire trip to Indian Island and was responsible for all the murders that took place there.
Who is Justice Wargrave?
500
Name the manners of death for each of the victims, based on "Ten Little Indians".
What is choking, death in sleep, on the beach, chopping wood, bee sting (lethal injection), gun shot wound to the head, head crushed by a bear statue, drowning, gunshot, hanging?
500
Define quavered. "Her voice quavered as she began her speech."
What is o quiver, as from weakness; tremble?
500
This kind of mystery doesn't allow the reader to solve the crime on their own.
What is a closed-door mystery?
500
This is the motive for Justice Wargrave to create the elaborate Indian Island murders.
What is justice for those who avoided it previously? (The Administration of Justice)
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