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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jonah Clarence's relationship with Gillian?

2. What is Nigel Parrish's alibi for the night of William Teys' death?

3. What is Marsha Fitzalan's profession?

4. With what other Keldale villager does Stepha Odell say she and Paul attended college?

5. Who is Nell Graham?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose child does the baby that died at Keldale Abbey three years earlier turn out to be?

2. How does Deborah Allancourt-St. James feel about Inspector Lynley?

3. What is Testament House and what tie does Gillian Teys have to the institution?

4. Why is Sergeant Havers so happy when Inspector Lynley sends her to London after Gillian Teys by herself?

5. How does Gillian/Nell behave when Sergeant Barbara Havers comes to her home?

6. Why does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers about being with Nell at the time of William Teys' murder?

7. Where has Inspector Lynley seen a photo of Russell Mowery, and what is Mowery's fate at the end of the book?

8. What does Deborah Allancourt-St. James' father do for a living and how does his profession match the image Sergeant Barbara Havers has of Inspector Lynley?

9. What objections does Sergeant Barbara Havers have in Chapter 9 to dining at Keldale Hall?

10. What does the story Bridie Odell tells Inspector Lynley in Chapter 10 about William Teys spending so much time with her indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth George uses foreshadowing throughout her novel "A Great Deliverance". Give at least three examples of foreshadowing from the book and discuss how foreshadowing is used to indicate events to come later in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Inspector Lynley's relationships with Deborah Allcourt-St. James, Stepha Odell and Sergeant Barbara Havers. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the element of humor in "A Great Deliverance". Give at least three examples of humor from the novel and discuss both the techniques Elizabeth George uses to convey humor in the novel and what you think she is trying to achieve through her use of humor.

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