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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 color is Inspector Lynley's hair?
2. What is the first name of Richard Gibson's wife?
3. How old is Sergeant Barbara Havers?
4. Who is Caroline?
5. What is the name of the Teys family farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chief Superintendent Nies feel about Inspector Lynley, and what reason does Lynley give Sergeant Havers for Nies' dislike of him?
2. How long has Russell Mowrey been missing and what is significance about the date on which he disappeared?
3. Who is in the mysterious photograph that Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers find at Gembler Farm and why was this person cut out of the other Teys family photographs?
4. Who are Olivia and Bridie Odell and what is their relationship to William Teys?
5. 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?
6. What is the legend of the ghost of Keldale Abbey that dates back to the era of Cromwell?
7. Why does Inspector Lynley feel guilty about the permanent crippling of his close friend Simon Allancourt-St. James?
8. What does Tessa Mowrey tell Inspector Lynley about her marriage to William Teys?
9. Who is Nigel Parrish and with whom does he see William Teys arguing shortly before Teys is murdered?
10. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' opinion of Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least three themes in this novel. What is the author saying through each theme and how she depicts them? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the law enforcement officers in "A Great Deliverance": Inspector Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers, Superintendent Webberly, and Chief Superintendent Nies. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss whether or not you think Roberta Reys is crazy and therefore killed her father by reason of insanity. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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