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OXFORD BOOKWORMS
	BOOK ACTIVITY ANSWERS
Stage 2
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
1	Put the following events in the right order. Number them 1–10.
a	___	Agatha went to Baghdad.
b	___	Agatha’s first book was published.
c	___	Agatha was made a Dame of the British Empire.
d	___	Agatha married Archie.
e	___	Agatha met Max Mallowan.
f	___	Agatha disappeared.
g	___	Agatha wrote a play: The Mousetrap.
h	___	Agatha wrote her first story.
i	___	Agatha and Archie divorced.
j	___	Agatha had a baby.
 	  20 marks 
2	Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
a	___	Agatha’s first story was published very quickly.
b	___	Agatha married Reggie Lucy.
c	___	Agatha worked with poisons in hospital.
d	___	Agatha called one of her detectives ‘Hercule’.
e	___	Nobody knows why Agatha left her car on the night she disappeared.
f	___	After her divorce, Agatha didn’t want to be called ‘Christie’. 
g	___	Agatha went to Baghdad by plane.
h	___	Max Mallowan was much older than Agatha.
i	___	Agatha liked travelling with Max.
j	___	Miss Marple was a beautiful young woman.
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3	Who said this? Who did they say it to? Archie, Max, Agatha, Hughes Massie, an actor, Clara, people in the theatre.
a	‘Why don’t you write a story?’ 
............... to ...............
b	‘I want to marry you next month!’ 
............... to ...............
c	‘You need a publisher who will pay you more.’ 
............... to ...............
d	‘They want me to write a play for the radio.’ 
............... to ...............
e	‘Please don’t tell your friends who did the murder.’ 
............... to ...............
 	  20 marks 
4	Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
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1	___	‘I’ll go to Baghdad, …
2	___	Agatha changed her tickets for the West Indies …
3	___	While she was staying in Baghdad, …
4	___	Agatha loved Ur, …
5	___	It was slow, tiring work …
B	
a	she remembered Commander Howe’s words.
b	and she loved watching the archaeologists.
c	for tickets to Istanbul.
d	not the West Indies.
e	and they had to dig carefully.
 	  20 marks 
5	Match the person with the description: Leonard Woolley, Madge, Hughes Massie, Jane Marple, Reggie, Rosalind, Hercule Poirot, Clara, Teresa Neele, Max Mallowan.
a	Agatha’s mother
b	Agatha’s sister
c	A young army officer
d	A Belgian detective
e	Agatha’s agent
f	Agatha when she was in Harrogate
g	Agatha’s daughter
h	The head archaeologist at Ur
i	Agatha’s second husband
j	A woman detective
 	  20 marks 
 	  Total marks 
	OXFORD BOOKWORMS
	COMPREHENSION TEST
Stage 2
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
9 	© OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE 
1	
a	7
b	4
c	10
d	2
e	8
f	5
g	9
h	1
i	6
j	3
2	
a	F
b	F
c	T
d	T
e	T
f	T
g	F
h	F
i	T
j	F
3	
a	Clara, Agatha
b	Archie, Agatha
c	Hughes Massie, Agatha
d	Agatha, Max
e	an actor, people in the theatre
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1	d
2	c
3	a
4	b
5	e
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a	Clara
b	Madge
c	Reggie
d	Hercule Poirot
e	Hughes Massie
f	Teresa Neele
g	Rosalind
h	Leonard Woolley
i	Max Mallowan
j	Jane Marple	
	OXFORD BOOKWORMS
	COMPREHENSION TEST ANSWERS
Stage 2
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
Setting
Choose the best answer.
1	_____ told Agatha to start writing stories.
a		Agatha’s mother
b		Agatha’s father 
c		Agatha’s sister
d		Agatha’s English teacher 
2	Agatha’s first story was _____.
a		about a murder
b		a love story
c		about Belgium
d		about dreams
3	Her first novel was called _____.
a		Vanity Fair
b		Snow Upon the Desert
c		House of Beauty
d		The Bodley Head
4	It was about _____.
a		a girl who lived in China
b		a boy who found a head
c		a girl who lived in Cairo
d		a strange family 
5	She sent her novel to _____.
a		her sister
b		two publishers 
c		one publisher
d		four publishers
6	Eden Phillpotts, a writer, told Agatha _____.
a		to find an agent
b		to write another book
c		to take her book to his agent
d		to stop writing
7	In 1911, Clara’s mother _____.
a		got married again
b		got divorced 
c		stopped travelling
d		became ill
8	Agatha decided to _____.
a		start playing tennis
b		go to Egypt with her mother
c		become a journalist instead
d		go to Hong Kong with her mother 
9	She met Reggie Lucy, a young _____.
a		policeman
b		teacher
c		army officer
d		naval officer
10	They decided to get married _____.
a		in two years’ time
b		in ten days’ time
c		straight away
d		the following year
 	  20 marks 
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11	Agatha was _____ when she wrote her first story.
a		twenty
b		seventeen
c		twenty-eight
d		eighteen
12	_____ wrote more than a hundred novels and plays for the theatre.
a		Hughes Massie
b		Eden Phillpotts
c		Reggie Lucy
d		Madge Miller Christie
13	Agatha’s father died when she was _____.
a		eleven
b		eight
c		fourteen
d		eighteen
14	_____was tall and good-looking with blue eyes.
a		Reggie Lucy
b		Archibald Christie
c		Hughes Massie
d		Roger Ackroyd
15	John Lane was Agatha’s _____.
a		first boyfriend
b		favourite cousin
c		first publisher
d		favourite writer
16	Hercule Poirot had black hair, _____.
a		green eyes and a moustache
b		green eyes and a beard
c		brown eyes and a moustache
d		blue eyes and a beard
17	He _____ how clever he was.
a		didn’t like to tell people
b		was always telling people
c		sometimes told people
d		never told people
18	In Harrogate Agatha told people that her name was _____.
a		Teresa Neele
b		Clara Miller
c		Nancy Neele
d		Agatha Miller
19	After she married Max, _____.
a		she still thought a lot about Archie
b		she stopped writing
c		she was happy for the rest of her life
d		she became an archaeologist
20	_____ saw, heard and remembered everything.
a		Agatha
b		Miss Marple
c		Agatha’s mother
d		Queen Elizabeth
 	  20 marks 
Dialogue
Who said this?
21	‘You need to go somewhere warm and sunny to get better.’
a		Clara
b		Agatha
c		Agatha’s father
d		Clara’s doctor
22	‘I want to see you as often as I can.’
a		Archie
b		Max
c		Reggie
d		Agatha
23	‘Don’t worry about it. I understand.’
a		Max
b		Agatha
c		Reggie
d		Clara
24	‘Some of my readers think that we could publish your book.’
a		Hercule Poirot
b		Agatha
c		Hughes Massie
d		John Lane
25	‘I didn’t cheat. It’s wrong to say that.’
a		Archie
b		Roger Ackroyd
c		Agatha
d		Miss Marple
26	‘Why is that car down there, and why are the lights on?’
a		Miss Marple
b		Hercule Poirot
c		Agatha
d		George Best
27	‘She doesn’t know me, and she doesn’t know where she is.’
a		Archie
b		Clara
c		Madge
d		Max
28	‘I’ve changed my plans.’
a		Agatha
b		Hughes Massie
c		Max
d		Clara
29	‘It’s nice and quiet. There’s no telephone!’
a		Max
b		Agatha
c		Commander Howe
d		Mrs Howe
30	‘Please don’t tell your friends who did the murder in this play.’
a		Agatha’s agent
b		Agatha
c		an actor
d		Miss Marple
 	  20 marks 
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31	sad because something nice doesn’t happen
a		bored
b		disappointed
c		surprised
d		tired
32	someone who does useful work for no money
a		agent
b		nurse
c		doctor
d		volunteer
33	something that can kill you if you eat or 
drink it
a		puzzle
b		medicine
c		poison
d		dispensary
34	a large piece of land with no trees
a		moor
b		lake
c		mountain
d		garden
35	intelligent
a		tidy
b		clever
c		shy
d		lonely
36	to do something that is not honest
a		guess
b		hurry
c		cheat
d		disappear
37	information that helps to find the answer to a mystery
a		clue
b		secret
c		idea
d		maid
38	when you like to keep things in good order
a		lonely
b		tidy
c		clean
d		quiet
39	something that is difficult to understand
a		book
b		letter
c		game
d		puzzle
40	the hair between a man’s mouth and nose
a		beard
b		eyebrow
c		moustache
d		lip
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41	Agatha met Archibald Christie _____.
a		while playing golf
b		at a dance
c		at the beach
d		on a train
42	She learned about _____ in the hospital dispensary.
a		medicine
b		murder
c		poisons
d		illnesses
43	Agatha got the idea of a Belgian 
detective _____.
a		after a holiday in Belgium
b		after meeting Belgian people in Torquayc		from a Belgian detective story
d		from her sister
44	People talked about _____ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
a		the unusual beginning of
b		the big surprise at the end of
c		the interesting characters in
d		the strange story in 
45	Agatha disappeared when _____.
a		her mother became very ill
b		her publisher didn’t like her new book
c		people asked her to write too many books
d		she knew Archie loved another woman
46	After her divorce, Agatha _____.
a		was happy to use the name ‘Christie’
b		changed her name back to ‘Miller’
c		didn’t want to use the name ‘Christie’
d		stopped using the name ‘Christie’
47	She decided to go to _____ on the 
Orient Express.
a		Cairo
b		Baghdad
c		Paris
d		The West Indies
48	Agatha married Max Mallowan, _____, 
in 1930.
a		a young archaeologist
b		a middle-aged archaeologist
c		a young army officer
d		a middle-aged writer
49	Her other famous detective, _____ appeared the same year.
a		Miss Jane Marple
b		Sherlock Holmes
c		Mary Westmacott
d		George Best
50	Queen Elizabeth made Agatha _____ 
in 1971.
a		a princess
b		a Dame of the British Empire
c		a promise
d		a jumper
 	  20 marks 
 	  Total marks 
	OXFORD BOOKWORMS
	MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Stage 2
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
Setting
1	a
2	d
3	b
4	c
5	d
6	c
7	d
8	b
9	c
10	a
Characters
11	d
12	b
13	a
14	b
15	c
16	a
17	b
18	a
19	c
20	b
Dialogue
21	d
22	a
23	c
24	d
25	c
26	d
27	a
28	c
29	b
30	c
Vocabulary
31	b
32	d
33	c
34	a
35	b
36	c
37	a
38	b
39	d
40	c
Plot
41	b
42	c
43	b
44	b
45	d
46	c
47	b
48	a
49	a
50	b
	OXFORD BOOKWORMS
	MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ANSWERS
Stage 2
Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery
Before reading
Activity 1
1 No 2 Yes 3 Yes 4 No 5 No 6 Yes
Activity 2
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answer. The right answer is number 3.
while reading
Chapters 1 and 2
1 Because she was ill in bed, and bored.
2 She sent it to a magazine, but they sent it back and said they could not publish it.
3 She went to meet Hughes Massie, an agent, to talk about her first novel, Snow Upon the Desert.
4 She went to fifty dances, met a lot of exciting young men, and had a wonderful time.
5 She met him because she was a friend of his three sisters, and then she and Reggie played a lot of golf together.
6 Because Reggie was an army officer and had to go back to Hong Kong for two years.
Before Reading Chapter 3
Encourage students to guess – perhaps Reggie was Agatha’s first husband before she married Mr Christie – but do not tell them the answer (which they will find out is ‘no’).
Chapters 3 and 4
1 Clara Miller (Agatha’s mother), talking about Archie Christie taking Agatha out to tea in a hotel, which she didn’t approve of.
2 Agatha, explaining to Archie why she can’t marry him. 
3 Reggie, writing to Agatha from Hong Kong, after he got Agatha’s letter saying she didn’t want to marry him.
4 Clara Miller (Agatha’s mother), telling Archie and Agatha they should get married now because with the war the future was very uncertain.
5 Madge (Agatha’s sister), talking to Agatha about writing detective stories.
6 Agatha, thinking about the detective for her first murder mystery.
7 Clara Miller (Agatha’s mother), telling Agatha to go away somewhere to finish the book she’s trying to write.
8 The publisher John Lane, talking to Agatha about her book The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which he wanted to publish, after a few changes.
Chapters 5 and 6
1 Why . . .? Because she wanted to make some money to keep Ashfield, the family home, in the family.
2 What . . .? He was Belgian, and was a short, tidy, very clever man, with a black moustache.
3 Why . . .? Because of the big surprise at the end of the story, which some people said was cheating.
4 Why . . .? They thought she disappeared because she was unhappy after her mother died, and after she found out that Archie was in love with Nancy Neele.
5 What . . .? Agatha left her house and drove away in her car.
6 What . . .? A coat, an open suitcase, three dresses, some shoes, and some papers with the name ‘Mrs Agatha Christie’ on them.
7 Why . . .? Because they thought Mrs Teresa Neele was Agatha Christie.
8 What . . .? Nobody knows.
Before Reading Chapters 7 and 8
Encourage students to speculate and make guesses but do not tell them the answers. They will find out as they read that numbers 3 and 4 are the ‘true’ answers.
after reading
Activity 1
Agatha Christie was a famous writer of detective (murder, mystery) stories. She was born in 1890, was married twice, and had one daughter. She met her second husband, Max Mallowan, in Iraq. He was a well-known archaeologist, who spent a lot of time travelling, and Agatha always went with him.
Agatha Christie wrote nearly one (a) hundred books. The famous detectives in her novels are called Mr Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Two of her best-known titles are the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and the play The Mousetrap, which you can still see in the theatre today.
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Activity 2
Open answers. Encourage students to discuss what kind of information they want, and which questions would produce the most information. They could work in groups to invent answers to the questions and to write their report.
Activity 3
Suggested answers:
Police: Were you at home on the night when your wife disappeared, Mr Christie?
Archie: No, I wasn’t. I was away, staying with friends. 
Police: And why didn’t your wife go with you?
Archie: She didn’t want to. She didn’t know these friends.
Police: So did she have any plans for the weekend?
Archie: She didn’t say she had any plans.
Police: Mr Christie, where do you think your wife has gone?
Archie: I don’t know. I just don’t know.
Police: Mm. Are you and Mrs Christie happily married?
Archie: Yes. Well, er . . . we’re as happy as most husbands and wives.
Police: I see. Tell me, Mr Christie, do you want your wife to come home?
Archie: Yes, of course I want her to come home!
Activity 4
Words across: publisher, chapter, divorce, 	puzzle, disappear, novel, idea, 	mystery, book, clue
Words down: character, guess, poison, story, 	type, detective, popular, magazine
1 The five words are ‘Murder on the Orient Express’. 
2 They are used for the title of a book, and for the
	title of a film.
3 The Belgian is a character in the story, Hercule Poirot. He is the detective who finds the murderer.
4 After her divorce Agatha travelled on the Orient Express to have a holiday in Iraq. She enjoyed it very much, so she went again the next year, and on that visit she met Max Mallowan. They fell in love and got married the same year, and so began the happiest years of Agatha Christie’s life.
Activity 5
1 Murder is Easy
2 Murder on the Orient Express
3 Death on the Nile 
4 The Moving Finger 
5 At Bertram’s Hotel
Activity 6
Open answers.