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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 food served at the Dove and Whistle pub reminds Sergeant Barbara Havers of her family's squalid home?

2. Who is Dr. Samuels?

3. What do Danny and Ezra Farmington find at Keldale Abbey three years prior to William Teys' murder?

4. With whom does Stepha Odell suspect that Roberta has been in love?

5. What photographs hanging on the walls of Superintendent Webberly's office are studied by Inspector Lynley in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sergeant Havers think Superintendent Webberly assigns her to work with Inspector Lynley on the investigation of William Teys' murder?

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

3. Who are Olivia and Bridie Odell and what is their relationship to William Teys?

4. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' family like?

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 Sergeant Barbara Havers' opinion of Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley?

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

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

9. Who is Lady Helen Clyde?

10. Why are Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers surprised to find a library filled with books at Gembler Farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast any three of the following secondary characters in the novel: Lady Helen Clyde, Stepha Odell, Jimmy Havers, Ezra Farmington, Mrs. Burton-Thomas, Richard Gibson, and Nigel Parrish. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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