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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 jewelry does Agatha wear at the Timeless Manor?

2. What was the name of the woman who cared for Nan after she escaped Sunday's Corner?

3. Where did Bess and her husband settle?

4. How many years after returning to England did Nan find her daughter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When was Nan's daughter born and what was the birth like?

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

4. What happened to Bess after her American found her?

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

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

7. When and how did Nan set her eyes on Archie?

8. Why did Agatha not go to Godalming?

9. How did Nan spend her days at the convent?

10. What does Sister Mary Clare say when Bess tells her that Father Joseph is molesting her?

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

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does de Gramont use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Christie Affair?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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