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Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

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1 of 5
In what year was Agatha Christie born?

1882
1887
1890
1894

2 of 5
In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for three weeks after her husband ___.

Died of cholera
Plagiarized her work
Had an affair
Requested a divorce

3 of 5
Murder on the Orient Express was written in what year?

1920
1926
1929
1934

4 of 5
Like most of Christie's novels, Murder on the Orient Express describes the lives of ___.

Scottish peasants
Upper middle-class Brits
Merchant Marines
Unmarried women

5 of 5
In addition to her acclaimed mystery writing, Christie also wrote romance novels under which pen name?

Mary Westmacott
Maria Alcott
Marian Walcott
Winifred Metcalf

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