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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 4, where is Nan going?

2. How old was Chilton in 1926?

3. What rank did Archie attain in the war?

4. How old was Nan when she found herself on a wintery day in Ireland riding in a borrowed milk wagon?

5. What was Nan's first job at the convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nan describe Agatha when she comes to Archie's office on December 2?

2. What does Finbarr want Nan to do when he sees her in Harrogate?

3. How does Nan compare Archie and Hercule Poirot?

4. How is Teddy being raised, and how does that echo Agatha's childhood?

5. Why was Nan taken to a convent by Finbarr's father?

6. Why do the police come and get Archie when he is spending the weekend with Nan at the Owens'?

7. Where does Chilton find Agatha?

8. How did Colleen die?

9. What is Nan's flat like?

10. What is Inspector Frank Chilton doing when he is called to help with the search for Agatha Christie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Sunday’s Corner Convent takes in unwed mothers. Is the care the unwed mothers receive humane?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Christie Affair? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions de Gramont uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in The Christie Affair? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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