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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Superintendent Webberly and Sir David Hillier?
(a) They are coworkers and brothers-in-law.
(b) They are stepbrothers.
(c) They are best friends.
(d) They are cousins.

2. What does Jimmy Havers sneak over to Mr. Patel's convenience store to purchase?
(a) Lottery tickets.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Beer.
(d) Snuff.

3. When Inspector Lynley's brother-in-law was murdered five years ago, who did Chief Inspector Nies arrest for the crime?
(a) Tessa Mowery.
(b) Ezra Farmington.
(c) Inspector Lynley.
(d) William Teys.

4. Why is the person arrested for the murder over the garnet necklace freed from jail?
(a) A videotape proving the person's innocence is found.
(b) He bribes his jailer.
(c) Someone else confesses to the crime.
(d) His wife romances a wealthy man with political influence.

5. What is Jimmy Havers' relationship to Sergeant Barbara Havers?
(a) Jimmy is Barbara's son.
(b) Jimmy is Barbara's husband.
(c) Jimmy is Barbara's grandfather.
(d) Jimmy is Barbara's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deborah Allcourt-St. James do for a living?

2. What is Father Hart's religion?

3. What has the London press dubbed the person responsible for the murders in the train stations?

4. Who is Dr. Samuels?

5. How old is Father Hart?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what relevance does the quote Lynley reads from the biblical story of Joseph about Joseph saving his brothers' lives by a great deliverance have to the Teys family?

2. Why does Sergeant Havers think Superintendent Webberly assigns her to work with Inspector Lynley on the investigation of William Teys' murder?

3. How does Chief Superintendent Nies feel about Inspector Lynley, and what reason does Lynley give Sergeant Havers for Nies' dislike of him?

4. How do Hank and JoJo Watson differ from Simon and Deborah Allcourt-St. James?

5. To whom has a shrine been built at Gembler Farm, and why is this shrine a red herring?

6. How do Superintendent Malcolm Webberly's marriage and career compare to those of his supervisor, Sir David Hillier?

7. Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a library filled with books at Gembler Farm?

8. Who is Nigel Parrish and with whom does he see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys is murdered?

9. What kind of figurative language does Elizabeth George use in the first two chapters of "A Great Deliverance", and what purpose does figurative language serve in the novel?

10. Who is Lady Helen Clyde?

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