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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."

18. What sort of threshold has been crossed, and how is the story different from this point on?

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?

How do the other six characters react to this leader’s questions and conclusions?

How do they react to one another’s accusations?

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?