ATTWN ch. 11-16

What is the real reason each guest has been invited to the island?

• Won a free vacation
• To catch up with old friends
• To party
• To pay for past crimes

Mr. Blore hears movement in the night and decides to see who is not in their room. Who is missing?

• Vera Claythorne
• Dr. Armstrong
• Justice Wargrave
• Mr. Lombard

Why does Wargrave decide to commit a grand murder?

• He's dying
• He's always wanted to kill
• He wants to punish the guilty
• All are correct

Who is behind all the murders on the island?

• Wargrave
• Armstrong
• Macarthur
• Naracott

How does Wargrave confess his crimes?

• Letter in a bottle
• Newscast
• Letter by his bed
• He never does

Why does Vera shoot Lombard?

• She thinks he is the killer because they are the only two left.
• He plans to frame her for the murders on Indian Island
• He threatened to testify against her for killing Cyril
• He confessed to being the murderer.

What does the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard find on Soldier Island? 

• a. The mansion has been burned down.
• Philip Lombard barely alive, but breathing.
•  Ten dead bodies and not a living soul
• The island is completely deserted.

What makes the inspector absolutely certain Vera Claythorne had not committed the murders?

• She was not strong enough to have killed the men on the island.
• She was one of the first to die
• They found a signed confession from the murderer on the dining room table
• Although she had hanged herself, the chair she had used was back by the wall.

What is the purpose of the nursery rhyme?

• . It offers clues to the murderer’s identity.
  
• It is the theme of a murder mystery party and no one is actually dead.
  
• It gives clues to the murders and is meant to scare the guests.
  
• It meant nothing; it is merely coincidence.
  

What is a "red herring" in a literature context?

• a type of fresh water fish known for swimming away from predators
• something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand
• a fishy situation in which there are multiple suspects
• the type of fish that strangled Doctor Armstrong in the water