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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Scudder shoot a corpse in the face?
(a) To discourage accurate identification and to fake suicide.
(b) He is very violent.
(c) To test out his gun.
(d) He thought the person was alive.

2. That the murderer ransacked the apartment tells Hannay what?
(a) The enemies were also looking for the black book.
(b) The enemies are looking for Hannay.
(c) The enemies do not know what they are looking for.
(d) The enemies are looking for Hannay's family.

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

4. This Greek man has been invited to Britain on the 15th of June for a tea party, and the conspirators have chosen this tea party as the best time to do what?
(a) Torture the Greek man.
(b) Influence the Greek man.
(c) Assassinate the Greek man.
(d) Capture the Greek man.

5. Hannay adopts a Scottish accent and travels __________ on the train.
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days does Hannay plan to lay low before the tea party?

2. Scudder asks to come in, and the man quickly locks the door behind them, ___________.

3. Why does the young man excitedly agree to house Hannay for a few days?

4. How does Hannay come to the conclusion that he is a likely target for murder?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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