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A Great Deliverance Quiz

Elizabeth George
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A Great Deliverance Quiz

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1)

What about the treatment of Roberta Teys upsets Inspector Lynley in Chapter 6? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

She's not given a psychiatric exam or an attorney.
She is being denied medicine that she needs.
Food is being withheld from her.
She is kept in a filthy, rat-infested cell.
2)

Who holds Sergeant Havers and comforts her in Chapter 16 when Roberta Teys' confession reminds her of her own family traumas and upsets her? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

Mrs. Burton-Thomas.
Dr. Samuels.
Inspector Lynley.
Gillian.
3)

Where does Roberta Teys go every day to read the local paper? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Keldale Lodge.
Rose Cottage.
The Keldale library.
St. Catherine's Church.
4)

Which relative of William Teys will inherit the Teys family farm? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Richard Gibson.
Gillian.
Roberta.
Tessa.
5)

What is strange about the photos Inspector Lynley finds in the Teys family photo album? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Someone has been cut out of many of them.
They have been painted red.
They have been glued together in a big wad.
They have big purple X's painted on them.
6)

What does Nigel Parrish do for a living? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

He is a music teacher.
He is an investment banker.
He raises sheep.
He is an attorney.
7)

Who leaves Sergeant Havers' brother Tony alone in the hospital while he dies? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

The nurses assigned to care for him.
Sergeant Havers' parents.
Sergeant Havers.
Inspector Lynley.
8)

Why has Inspector Lynley felt like he's seen Mowery before? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

He has seen the man's photo at Scotland Yard.
He once lived next door to Mowery.
Mowery used to be his barber.
He once went to school with Mowery.
9)

Who is Dr. Samuels? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Paul Odell's doctor.
Jimmy Havers' doctor.
Roberta Teys' psychiatrist at the asylum.
A history professor who once taught Gillian.
10)

With whom does Stepha Odell suspect that Roberta has been in love? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Paul Odell.
Nigel Parrish.
Ezra Farmington.
Russel Mowery.
11)

What do the toxicology tests on the Teys family dog reveal? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

The dog died of pneumonia.
The dog ate rotten meat.
The dog was poisoned.
The dog, like William Teys, has sleeping pills in its blood.
12)

Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Burton-Thomas's appearance at dinner in Chapter 9? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

A mink stole.
A moth-eaten skirt of indeterminate color.
A gypsy blouse decorated with stars.
A big tortoiseshell Spanish comb on top of her head.
13)

Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a well-stocked library at the Teys farm? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

Father Hart and William Teys burn non-bibical books.
Stepha Odell says Roberta had no books to read at home.
The Teys family is illiterate.
William Teys allows no books but the Bible for his family.
14)

Who does Inspector Lynley send to get Gillian when the first person he sends has failed in the task? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

Deborah Allancourt-St. James.
Mrs. Burton-Thomas.
Stepha Odell.
Lady Helen Clyde.
15)

What is given to Roberta Teys in her father's will? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

The right to live on the family farm for life.
Her mother's pearl earrings.
The family dog, Whiskers.
Ten thousand dollars.
16)

Why does Stepha Odell think Olivia Odell wanted to marry William Teys? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

To have a strong male role model like Paul for Birdie.
To get access to his money.
To have a second chance at love.
To have a companion in her old age.
17)

What plants does Gillian keep in the front window of her home? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

Red geraniums.
Swedish ivy.
African violets.
Miniature roses.
18)

Whose photograph does Inspector Lynley ask Sergeant Barbara Havers to take around town to see if the person was in town at the time of William Teys' murder? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

Russell Mowery's.
Ezra Farmington's.
Nigel Parrish's.
Gillian's.
19)

At age eight, who does Roberta try to confide in about her father's abuse? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

Marsha Fitzalan.
Gillian.
Tessa.
Father Hart.
20)

What is Russell Mowery's ultimate fate? (from Chapters 13 - 16)

He is arrested for burglary and imprisoned.
He's killed by the Railway Ripper.
He is caught with another woman and arrested for bigamy.
He is jailed for William Teys' murder.
21)

Where does Inspector Lynley think he has seen Russell Mowrey? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

At a train station.
At St. Catherine's Church.
At Simon Allancourt-St. James' wedding.
Scotland Yard.
22)

Which character in the novel stutters? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

Constable Gabriel Langston.
Roberta Teys.
Sergeant Barbara Havers.
Hank Watson.
23)

What does Hank Watson do for a living? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

He's a psychologist.
He's a podiatrist.
He's a dentist.
He's an optometrist.
24)

With whom does Inspector Lynley have a brief romance in Chapter 12? (from Chapters 9 - 12)

Sergeant Barbara Havers.
Gillian.
Stepha Odell.
Olivia Odell.
25)

What is the beverage that Stepha Odell calls Odell's? (from Chapters 5 - 8)

A mixture of hot tea and rum.
A mixture of coffee and butterscotch with whipped cream.
A fruit punch with fresh raspberries and strawberries.
A home-brewed ale made according to her father's recipe.
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