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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. Who did Anna, the maid, tell about the argument Archie and Agatha had the morning of the night she disappeared?

3. What rank did Archie attain in the war?

4. How tall was Agatha in 1926?

5. What battle did Chilton still remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Colleen die?

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

3. How does Nan describe herself and her sisters?

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

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

6. Why did Nan not stay in Ireland during the war?

7. Where does Chilton find Agatha?

8. What is Nan's flat like?

9. What does Finbarr do when the War comes?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Nan wants to reunite with the daughter who was taken from her. How do Nan’s efforts to reunite with her daughter reveal desperation?

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