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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. What names did Bess choose for her baby?

2. What color is Mrs. Race's hair?

3. When was Nan at Sunday's corner?

4. Where was Nan working when Sister Mary Clare gave her some bread and butter?

5. Where did Fiona's child have a birthmark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information did Nan provide about Susanna who was at the convent at the same time Nan was?

2. What does Nan remember about sleeping accommodations at the convent?

3. Why did Chilton made an oath during the war to do no more harm in the world?

4. What happened to Susanna?

5. What does Nan do when Sister Mary Clare tells her that her baby has been adopted?

6. What does Chilton tell Agatha he will do the first time he finds her?

7. What does Agatha look like when Chilton sees her at the library?

8. What does Deputy Chief Constable Thompson know about Nan's whereabouts, and why he is not hurrying to interview her?

9. How did Nan discover that a new girl escaped?

10. How and why does Agatha write?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Christie Affair, some characters are more thoroughly described than others and have more of a role to play. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Agatha and Nan refer to the deaths of the Marstons as justice. Did Nan commit murder or dispense justice?

Essay Topic 3

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Agatha’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and transformation?

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