And then there were none Chapter 3: 1. What is the significance of the ten soldier figures displayed on the dining room table? What predictions can you make about these figures? 2. What do Vera Claythorne and Emily Brent discuss in the drawing room after dinner? What does each woman find out about the other? 3. What does the gramophone announcement suggest? Who is responsible for playing the gramophone announcement? 4. What are the immediate effects of the gramophone announcement on the guests? Compare and contrast how the guests of Soldier Island interact with one another before and after the gramophone announcement. 5. On page 53, Philip Lombard points out that the gramophone record is titled Swan Song. What is a “swan song”? Why do you think the record is titled Swan Song? 6. In comparing invitations to the island, what do the guests discover? Who takes the lead as the group begins to share their stories about being invited to the island? What important discovery is made about the name of the person who invited each guest to the island? 7. Which guests are portrayed as dishonest in this chapter? Cite specific evidence from the text to support your answer.