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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 given to Roberta Teys in her father's will?

2. What does Ezra Farmington do for a living?

3. In what part of England has William Teys been murdered?

4. Why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think she has been chosen to work with Lynley on the investigation of the murder of William Teys?

5. Why is Chief Inspector Nies angry with his superior officer, Chief Constable Kerridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the Railway Ripper and what crimes is he or she committing?

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

4. What facts does Father Hart reveal in Chapter 3 about William Teys' murder?

5. Why does Father Hart believe Roberta Teys did not kill her father despite her confession that she did?

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

7. What does Sergeant Barbara Havers look like?

8. In Chapter 6, what upsets Inspector Lynley about how Roberta Teys is being treated after confessing to her father's murder?

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

10. From whose wedding does Sergeant Barbara Havers retrieve Inspector Lynley for a meeting with their superiors at Scotland Yard, and what evidence is there that there is tension between Lynley and the bride and groom?

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

A number of red herrings appear in "A Great Deliverance". Discuss at least three examples of red herrings from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the legend of the crying baby at Keldale Abbey from the time of Cromwell's raiders through the present. How does the legend help the cover up of the murder of Roberta Teys' infant? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.

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