dijous, 3 de desembre del 2009

Book Exam.

1. Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
The book is the biography of Agatha Christie. A very good writer of mistery books. He write her first story with eighteen years old. She sent a lot of stories to typewriters, but they all returned the stories.

When Agatha was twenty-one, her mother was ill. They went to Egypt for the good climate. There Agatha knew Reggie. A young man that then she will like. Reggie asked Agatha to marry him. Reggie had to go to Hong Kong, and they said that in two years, if there isn't anybody, they will get married.

Agatha went to a party, and a man asked she to dance. She likes he. His name was Archibald Christie. And a week later, Agatha's mother phones she. She said to Agatha that one man was in their house. Archie Christie. They went to two concerts together. Then, Archie asked Agatha to marry him.

Agatha and Archie got married a little time ago, and then Agatha was working in a hospital.
Then, Agatha began write a detective novel, and the principal character was Hercules Poirot.
The book wasn't good for the typewriters.

Two years later, Agatha had a baby. Then, a typewriter sent a letter to Agatha. They published her novel.

When her novels were going famous she disappeared. Then, she appeard walking in the street. Nobody knows where she was.

Agatha loved archaeology, and she went to a lot of places to look for rests.
Then, Agatha write a lot of books, a lot of them was the best books of she. This period was the better period of his life.

She died in 12th of January, 1976.

2. Setting: When and where does the story take place?
Primary, in her house, in Greenway. And she travel a lot, for Marocco, Egypt...


3. Who are the main characters in the story?
Agatha, Archibald, Reggie, and Clara (Agatha's mother).

4. Choose one character (main or secondary) and describre him/her.
Reggie.
Reggie was a young boy, a shy boy who likes to play golf. He hates dance, and the parties, and liked to stay alone a little time. He was the first boyfriend that Agatha had. Agatha and Reggie met when Agatha was eighteen years old, and they were in love. Reggie had to go, and when he came back, Agatha was with Archie.

5. Choose your favorite moment in the story.
When Agatha travelled around the world, for studying a little archaeology.

6. Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story?
cheat --> to do something that is not honest.
dig --> to make a hole in the ground.
guess --> to give an answer when you don't know if it's right or wrong.
maid --> a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in somebody's house.
moor --> a large piece of wild hilly ground without trees.
mosque --> a building where Muslims go to say their prayers.

7. Provide an alternative ending.
Agatha didn't became famous, and she had a very normal life.

8. Would you recommend this book? Why?
Yes. Because it's a really strange but cool book. All the book is a biography. I only recommend this book to people that like Agatha Christie, because if you don't like it, I think that it's going to become a boring book.