WorksheetsAnd Then There Were None review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Edward Armstrong
a nervous housekeeper and excellent cook
a successful alcoholic doctor
rigid and religious spinster
guest who feels guilt ridden for sending a young soldier to his death
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Lawrence Wargrave
butler
former police inspector
intelligent, calculating judge
prepared, former military, served in Africa
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Anthony Marston
intelligent, calculating judge
butler
queen of the modern mystery
reckless young man who loves to drive fast
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Agatha Christie
queen of modern mystery
rigid and religious spinster
secretary and former governess
nervous housekeeper and excellent cook
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Emily Brent
nervous housekeeper and excellent cook
rigid and religious spinster
intelligent, calculating judge
queen of the modern mystery
Choose the description that best fits the following character: William Blore
former police inspector
prepared, former military, served in Africa
butler
successful alcoholic doctor
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Mrs. Rogers
nervous housekeeper and excellent cook
butler
secretary and former governess
rigid and religious spinster
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Mr. Rogers
butler
intelligent, calculating judge
former police inspector
successful alcoholic doctor
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Vera Claythorne
butler
rigid and religious spinster
reckless young man that loves to drive fast
secretary and former governess
Choose the description that best fits the following character: Phillip Lombard
prepared, former military, served in Africa
intelligent, calculating judge
reckless young man that loves to drive fast
successful alcoholic doctor
Choose the description that best fits the following character: John MacArthur
prepared, former military, served in Africa
guest who feels guilt ridden for sending a young soldier to his death
successful alcoholic doctor
former police inspector
True or False: Both Vera and Emily Brent kept diaries.
True
False
True or False: The novel started out with twelve soldier china figures
True
False
True or False: Vera was the last guest to die.
True
False
True or False: Two of the deaths on Soldier Island were the result of suicide.
True
False
True or False: Mr. Morris was murdered because he convinced a daughter of one of Wargrave's friends to take drugs, and she eventually committed suicide.
True
False
True or False: Justice Wargrave came into contact with Mr. Morris when he sent Morris to jail.
True
False
True or False: Every time someone died, a soldier figurine was mysteriously placed on top of the body.
True
False
True or False: The killer chose the guests based on the fact that they all committed murders that could not be proven in a court of law.
True
False
Who was Isaac Morris?
A shady businessman hired by Wargrave
The butler on the island
The secret murderer
The Devon train conductor
Wargrave determined the order in which the guests would be killed based on
the date of the 'murder' committed by the guest
how severe he considered the 'murder' the guest committed
the guests social standing in society
how much the guest was disliked by the other guests
Which character had the fake name of "Mr. Davis" when they first came to the island?
Lombard
Brent
Armstrong
Blore
The guests find a framed copy of what nursery rhyme hanging on the wall?
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Ten Little Soldiers
We All Fall Down
And Then There Were None
The novel is told from:
first person point of view
third-limited (Justice Wargrave)
third-limited (Vera Claythorne)
omniscient point of view
A parallel episode (repeated scene) in the novel would be:
when the gramophone plays the recording
the soldier figurines disappear/get broken
Vera shoots the revolver
Blore receives his letter
An example of foreshadowing would be:
the poem about the soldier boys
the gramophone record is titled "Swan Song"
an old man on the train told Blore that his day of judgement was coming
all of the above
General MacArthur sent Arthur Richmond to his death because Richmond
stood int he way of MacArthur advancing his career
was MacArthur's wife's secret lover
knew that MacArthur was a spy for the enemy
was an incompetent soldier who caused the death of numerous civilians
"In that silence came The Voice. Without warning, inhuman, penetrating...'Ladies and Gentlemen! Silence, please!' Everyone was startled. They looked round- at each other, at the walls. Who was speaking? The Voice went on- a high clear voice. 'You are charged with the following indictments.'
What is the best adjective to describe the mood of the novel after the characters have listened to the gramophone recording?
mournful
quiet
petrified
nervous
Which two characters show little to no remorse for the deaths they caused?
Claythorne and Brent
MacArthur and Lombard
Armstrong and Blore
Lombard and Marston
What is a 'red herring' in suspenseful stories?
a type of fresh water fish known for swimming away from predators
something intended to distract attention from the real problem
a fishy situation in which there are multiple suspects
a type of poison used as food coloring
Which three characters search the island to find the killer?
Blore, Lombard, and Armstrong
Mr. Rogers, Armstrong, and Marston
Lombard, Wargrave, and Armstrong
Blore, MacArthur, and Lombard
Blore and Lombard are given the keys to the locked drug cabinet because they are
the smartest
the strongest
the least suspected
the least clever
Towards the later chapters of the novel, the guests begin to
plan ways to escape the island.
go insane.
hide on different parts of the island
give up and wait for death
In chapter 11, everyone is outwardly very polite during breakfast but on the inside they have "thoughts that ran round in a circle like squirrels in a cage." What does this comparison illustrate?
The characters are civilized and trusting of each other.
The characters are nervous, rude, and jittery
The characters feel trapped and are turning on each other
The characters try to maintain a calm appearance but fear is starting to overtake them
What trait does NOT describe Justice Wargrave?
He had a romantic imagination.
He was a straightforward and simple man.
He had a delight in seeing or causing death.
He experimented with wasps.
When there are just three soldier figurines left, Vera cries out, "Don't you see? We're _________!"
the zoo
the red herrings
the soldiers
the murderers
Scotland Yard determines the murderer's identity because
the killer placed a confession in a bottle, which was thrown in the sea and found by a fisherman
they find the killer alive and waiting for them when they arrive on the island
they use clues found in Brent's and Claythorne's diaries
of the abundance of clues the killer left on the island
All sit in the drawing room. They “looked less like human beings. They were reverted to more bestial types.” Wargrave is “a wary old tortoise.” Blore is “a slow padding animal…a beast at bay ready to charge its pursuers.” Lombard is a “lithe and graceful” animal. Vera Claythorne is a small, terrified animal, afraid to move.
Why does Christie attribute animalistic characteristics to the guests?
to illustrate their paranoia
to illustrate their sense of personal guilt
to illustrate their desire to fight for their own survival
to illustrate their desire to band together like a pack
“Be sure thy sin will find thee out.”
This quote can be attributed to which character?
Claythorne
Brent
Armstrong
Lombard
“We're not going to leave the island … None of us will ever leave … It's the end, you see – the end of everything …” He
hesitated, then he said in a low strange voice: “That's peace – real peace. To come to the end – not to have to go on …
Yes, peace …”
This quote can be attributed to which character?
Blore
MacArthur
Armstrong
Rogers
“I have wanted – let me admit frankly – to commit a murder myself. I recognized this as the desire of the artist to express
himself! I was, or could me, an artist in crime! My imagination, sternly checked by the exigencies of my profession, waxed
secretly to colossal force.”
This quote can be attributed to which character?
Marston
Lombard
Morris
Wargrave
