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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. Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Burton-Thomas's appearance at dinner in Chapter 9?
2. With what other Keldale villager does Stepha Odell say she and Paul attended college?
3. Which character in the novel stutters?
4. About what does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers?
5. How many dresses does Stepha Odell say that Roberta Teys owns?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Testament House and what tie does Gillian Teys have to the institution?
2. In Chapter 13, why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think Roberta Teys went to Keldale Hall to read the newspaper?
3. Of what trauma in Sergeant Barbara Havers' own family life do the revelations about Gillian and Roberta's suffering at the hands of their father arouse memories?
4. Why does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers about being with Nell at the time of William Teys' murder?
5. About what does Nigel Parrish claim to be quarreling with Ezra Farmington in Chapter 9, and why are the two men really in conflict?
6. Whose child does the baby that died at Keldale Abbey three years earlier turn out to be?
7. What does Deborah Allancourt-St. James' father do for a living and how does his profession match the image Sergeant Barbara Havers has of Inspector Lynley?
8. Where has Inspector Lynley seen a photo of Russell Mowery, and what is Mowery's fate at the end of the book?
9. What happens when Deborah Allancourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley meet in the graveyard in Chapter 10?
10. What does the story Bridie Odell tells Inspector Lynley in Chapter 10 about William Teys spending so much time with her indicate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
"A Great Deliverance" is set in a contemporary village in Yorkshire, England. Discuss how the geographical and chronological setting affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Elizabeth Peters had set the novel in the United States during the 1930's instead. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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