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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Switching trains, Hannay finally emerges into the Scottish moorlands, or _______.
(a) Marsh.
(b) Fog.
(c) Bog.
(d) Hills.

2. Richard Hannay is a Scot turned _________.
(a) French.
(b) Briton.
(c) Irish.
(d) German.

3. Hannay next chances upon a rural inn, run by a young man who wants to be what?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A writer of adventures.
(c) A spy.
(d) An actor.

4. This scheme would throw the stock markets into chaos, which the instigators would then use to their advantage to do what?
(a) Take over Great Britain.
(b) End capitalism.
(c) Destroy the United States.
(d) Gain much power and money.

5. One day returning to his flat, Hannay is confronted by Franklin Scudder. Who is Scudder?
(a) The merchant who runs the shop below Hannay's flat.
(b) An older relative living down the street.
(c) An older man living in the flat above Hannay's.
(d) A young man who has just moved in next door to Hannay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay, hidden upstairs, gives the boy a note he forges, which makes Hannay sound like a spy who is about to inform his superior about the Karolides affair. What do the men do after reading this note?

2. He resolves to hide out in the "wild district" of what country?

3. Why does Scudder shoot a corpse in the face?

4. These enemies are in fact probably waiting ___________ to nab him.

5. He examines Scudder's black book, which appears to be coded with a cipher that requires what?

(see the answer key)

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