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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. Who is the only person that Chief Inspector Nies says he and Chief Constable Kerridge can trust to give New Scotland Yard the facts about the murder of William Teys?
(a) Richard Gibson.
(b) Stepha Odell.
(c) Roberta Teys.
(d) Father Hart.

2. What business does Stepha Odell own and operate?
(a) Keldale Lodge.
(b) The village floral shop.
(c) The village tea shop.
(d) Arrington Manor.

3. Who is Dr. Samuels?
(a) Jimmy Havers' doctor.
(b) A history professor who once taught Gillian.
(c) Roberta Teys' psychiatrist at the asylum.
(d) Paul Odell's doctor.

4. What do the toxicology reports indicate are in William Teys' blood at the time of his murder?
(a) Rat poisoning.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Sleeping pills.

5. What photographs hanging on the walls of Superintendent Webberly's office are studied by Inspector Lynley in Chapter 3?
(a) Photos of the Ripper's victims.
(b) Photos of the royal family of England.
(c) Photos of Superintendent Webberly's pet cat.
(d) Photos of a beautiful young actress.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is a shrine erected at the Teys family farm?

2. Who is driving the car the night of the accident that cripples Simon Allcourt-St. James for life?

3. What do the letters CID stand for in the novel "A Great Deliverance"?

4. How old is Bridie Odell?

5. When Bridie Odell cuts her hair, whose hairstyle is she trying to copy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' family like?

2. What is the legend of the ghost of Keldale Abbey that dates back to the era of Cromwell?

3. Why does Inspector Lynley feel guilty about the permanent crippling of his close friend Simon Allancourt-St. James?

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

5. What does Tessa Mowrey tell Inspector Lynley about her marriage to William Teys?

6. What is Richard Gibson's relationship to Roberta and what implicates him as a suspect in the murder of William Teys?

7. What does Sergeant Barbara Havers look like?

8. How long has Russell Mowrey been missing and what is significance about the date on which he disappeared?

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. What happens when Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers' visit with Roberta Teys in Chapter 8, and how do these events alter Havers' opinion of Lynley?

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