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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As luck would have it, Hannay stumbles across a _________ road man, mending the road.
(a) Lonely British.
(b) Drunk Scottish.
(c) Old German.
(d) Young French.

2. The conspiracy was ________ Scudder stated.
(a) The same as what.
(b) Bigger than.
(c) Nothing like what.
(d) Smaller than.

3. Hannay decides to do what?
(a) Go home.
(b) Hide in his flat.
(c) Travel to the United States.
(d) Carry on Scudder's work.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay soon has another visitor, this time _________ rough men who he guesses are members of Black Stone.

2. Sir Harry is a _________, and he makes a poorly-spoken anti-war speech blasting the Tory party for creating a "German menace."

3. Why does Hannay plan to double-back on his tracks?

4. 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?

5. Scudder, through many aliases and disguises, put the pieces of this puzzle together while doing what?

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