4. In each pair of chapters, there is one character that is not quite what he, at first, would appear to be. Identify these characters as well as the hints given that might lead the reader to their true identity.

In each of the Cloud Atlas chapters, there is at least one person who is not what he at first appears to be. In the "Adam Ewing" chapters, it is Dr. Henry Goose, who initially seems to be an amicable middle-class English doctor, but who turns out to be a murderous adventurer. He befriends Adam Ewing and exploits his hypochondria with the purpose of poisoning him with arsenic and stealing his money and belongings.

In "Letters from Zedelghem," it is Robert Frobisher who is not quite what he pretends to be. Yes, he comes from a well-to-do English family, but he has been disowned. Yes, he is attracted to Jocasta and other women, but he is also attracted to men and has a strong (undefined) bond with his correspondent, Sixsmith. He also is stealing and selling books from the Chateau Zedelghem library while a guest in the home.

The "Luisa Rey" chapters contain several characters that house hidden agendas. Chief among these is Lloyd Hooks, the seemingly up-front Energy Guru. In actuality, it is Hooks who is controlling the HYDRA project as well as the assassin Bill Smoke.

In "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish," Cavendish's brother purports to aid him by offering him a rural hotel stay. The "hotel," however, turns out to be an asylum for the elderly with locked doors and no means of escape.

The entire plot of "An Orison of Sonmi-451" is based on deception. The fabricants are told that they will be given retirement in Hawaii after twelve stars of service, when actually they are killed and "recycled." In addition, the ascension of Sonmi is portrayed as a Union revolutionary plot, when it is actually a scheme by the "Corporation" to keep fabricants in their place.

Finally, in "Sloosh'a's Crossin'," the Prescient visitor, Meronym, is not entirely honest about her reasons for visiting Ha-why. She tells the Valleymen that she is there to study their society and while that is partly true, her real mission is to escape the plague that is rampant on Prescient I and to perpetuate their race.