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Agatha Christie Web-Quest
Directions: Using the websites
www.agathachristie.com and
http://christie.mysterynet.com answer the following
questions.
The Life of Agatha Christie
1. When and where was Agatha Christie born?
2. Why did she begin writing as a child?
3. Who was her first husband, and what did he do?
4. What did Agatha Christie do during World War I?
5. When did she divorce? What happened to her right afterwards?
6. Who was her second husband? What did he do? Where did they
meet?
7. What honor did Agatha Christie receive in 1971?
8. When and how did she die?
Agatha Christie the Writer
9. Give an example of how Agatha Christie’s real life experiences showed up in her
mysteries.
10. According to this website, how many Agatha Christie books have been sold?
11.Agatha Christie also wrote six romance novels under what pseudonym?
12. Which book became a successful feature film??
13. Bonus: What is her best selling book?
The Most Famous Detectives
1. Who is Agatha Christie’s most famous Belgian detective?
2. How does this detective refer to his brain cells?
3. In what mystery did this detective first appear?
4. What is the name of his sidekick?
5. Who is her most famous woman detective?