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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. Who is Nell Graham?
2. How many dresses does Stepha Odell say that Roberta Teys owns?
3. What is Jonah Clarence's relationship with Gillian?
4. With whom is Gillian reunited at the end of the novel?
5. What is Roberta Teys' family nickname?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Testament House and what tie does Gillian Teys have to the institution?
2. What role does Lady Helen Clyde play in reuniting Gillian and Roberta?
3. Why does Jonah Clarence lie to Sergeant Havers about being with Nell at the time of William Teys' murder?
4. In Chapter 13, why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think Roberta Teys went to Keldale Hall to read the newspaper?
5. What descriptions do Inspector Lynley and Sergeant Havers receive from the villagers about Gillian Teys and are this descriptions consistent?
6. 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?
7. Whose child does the baby that died at Keldale Abbey three years earlier turn out to be?
8. With whom is Gillian Teys reunited at the end of the novel and who brings about the reunion?
9. 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?
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
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
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 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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