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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. Where did Archie meet Agatha at a ball?

2. How many brothers did Chilton have before the war?

3. How old was Chilton in 1926?

4. In a note to Honoria, where did Agatha say she was going before she disappeared?

5. In 1926, how long have Agatha and Archie been married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Nan's father grow up, and what happened to the home place?

2. Why does Honoria not mention the argument Archie and Agatha had before she disappeared?

3. What are Archie's thoughts as the police look for Agatha?

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

5. How does Nan describe Finbarr when she sees him in Harrogate?

6. After Agatha disappears, why does Nan believe she will be all right?

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

8. What type of car does Archie drive, and who gave him the car?

9. How does Nan compare Archie and Hercule Poirot?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Christie Affair? How does the point of view seem to shift in some sections of the book? How do the first-person and third-person influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Occasionally Nan, the narrator, directly speaks to readers. This is called “breaking the fourth wall.” How does it seem that the narrator is having conversations with readers throughout The Christie Affair? How do these conversations provide information to readers that characters may not be privy to? What is the purpose of breaking the fourth wall?

Essay Topic 3

Nan and Finbarr fell in love during the summers Nan stayed with her aunt and uncle in Ireland. What type of relationship have they had? Why will Nan not rekindle the relationship?

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