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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 does Stepha Odell describe Gillian?
2. How does Gillian wear her hair when Jonah Clarence first meets her?
3. At what age does Gillian leave home?
4. With whom does Inspector Lynley have a brief romance in Chapter 12?
5. What kind of work does Gillian do at Testament House?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is Marsha Fitzalan's relationship to Tessa Teys and her daughters Gillian and Roberta?
3. As the book draws to a close, who is revealed as the murderer of William Teys, and what is the motivation for Teys' death?
4. How does Deborah Allancourt-St. James feel about Inspector Lynley?
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. What forensic evidence is found in the blood of Whiskers, the Teys family dog, and how does this evidence relate to the murder of William Teys?
7. Why is Sergeant Havers so happy when Inspector Lynley sends her to London after Gillian Teys by herself?
8. In Chapter 13, why does Sergeant Barbara Havers think Roberta Teys went to Keldale Hall to read the newspaper?
9. How does Gillian/Nell behave when Sergeant Barbara Havers comes to her home?
10. With whom is Gillian Teys reunited at the end of the novel and who brings about the reunion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the law enforcement officers in "A Great Deliverance": Inspector Lynley, Sergeant Barbara Havers, Superintendent Webberly, and Chief Superintendent Nies. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Inspector Lynley's relationship with Simon Allcourt-St. James. What tensions does Lynley have about the relationship? How does the marriage of Simon Allcourt-St. James affect the relationship? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of social class in the novel. How is the aristocracy portrayed? How is the middle class portrayed? How is the working class portrayed? What do you think the author is saying about English society in this novel? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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