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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. There is also mention many times of an evil underground organization called what?
(a) The White Stone.
(b) The Black Stone.
(c) The Black Crow.
(d) The White Dove.

4. Scudder figures the only way he might live is to do what?
(a) Return to the United States.
(b) Run away.
(c) Fake his own death.
(d) Kill the conspirators.

5. Why does the young man excitedly agree to house Hannay for a few days?
(a) He thinks Hannay is a celebrity.
(b) Hannay's exciting tale is just what the bored man was waiting for.
(c) He wants to be a spy like Hannay.
(d) He believes Hannay to be an adventure writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay next gives a speech, giving the crowd a completely fabricated account of politics in what country?

2. Much of what Scudder told him was what?

3. As part of pulling off this scheme, the conspirators wish to assassinate the Greek Premier named ____________, because he is a smart man of integrity who has a chance to ruin their plans.

4. How old is Hannay?

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?

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