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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. How many people does Sergeant Barbara Havers find who can testify to ever seeing the person in the photo she is showing around town?
2. In Chapter 10, who brings Inspector Lynley a carton containing evidence from the William Teys murder?
3. Why doesn't anyone realize Roberta is pregnant before she gives birth?
4. Who does Roberta hope to save from her father's abuse by killing her father?
5. Why is Hank Watson in England?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Paul Odell kill himself, and how does his loss affect his sister and his widow?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, who does Superintendent Nies believe is responsible for William Teys' murder and how cooperative does he intend to be with Inspector Lynley's investigation of the case?
3. What happens when Deborah Allancourt-St. James and Inspector Lynley meet in the graveyard in Chapter 10?
4. Why does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers about being with Nell at the time of William Teys' murder?
5. What behavior of Inspector Lynley's angers Sergeant Havers in Chapter 12?
6. Whose child does the baby that died at Keldale Abbey three years earlier turn out to be?
7. With whom is Gillian Teys reunited at the end of the novel and who brings about the reunion?
8. Who is Jonah Clarence and what is ironic about his profession?
9. Where does Gillian get her alias Nell Graham and what relevance does the fictional Helen Graham have to Gillian?
10. What is Marsha Fitzalan's relationship to Tessa Teys and her daughters Gillian and Roberta?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Father Hart and Jonah Clarence and their response to the trauma in the Teys family. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
"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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the subplots in "A Great Deliverance". Explain how each subplot relates to the main plot. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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