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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmy Havers refuse to do, even though it would improve his health?
(a) Stop smoking.
(b) Lose weight.
(c) Eat less fat and more green vegetables.
(d) Exercise.

2. What is Danny's relationship to Ezra Farmington?
(a) She's Ezra's roommate.
(b) She's Ezra's girlfriend.
(c) She's Ezra's model.
(d) She's Ezra's classmate.

3. In what part of England has William Teys been murdered?
(a) Belgravia.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Yorkshire.

4. What is the first name of Richard Gibson's wife?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Madeline.

5. From what disease does Sergeant Barbara Havers' mother suffer?
(a) Senility.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Leukemia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confesses to William Teys' murder?

2. How old is Bridie Odell?

3. How old is Father Hart?

4. When Bridie Odell cuts her hair, whose hairstyle is she trying to copy?

5. What is Stepha Odell's relationship to Olivia Odell, William Teys' fiancée?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sergeant Barbara Havers' opinion of Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley?

2. Who is Harry Houseman and what does he reveal to Inspector Lynley?

3. What facts does Father Hart reveal in Chapter 3 about William Teys' murder?

4. What kind of figurative language does Elizabeth George use in the first two chapters of "A Great Deliverance", and what purpose does figurative language serve in the novel?

5. What is Richard Gibson's relationship to Roberta and what implicates him as a suspect in the murder of William Teys?

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

7. What is the legend of the ghost of Keldale Abbey that dates back to the era of Cromwell?

8. Who is Lady Helen Clyde?

9. To whom has a shrine been built at Gembler Farm, and why is this shrine a red herring?

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

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