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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the morning he awakes to find three men combing the brush some distance away, doing what?
(a) Studying the plants.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Looking for him.

2. Hannay waits until nightfall to do what?
(a) Run away.
(b) Search for Black Stone amid the rubble.
(c) Call his Sir Harry.
(d) Go back to the house.

3. The man, Alexander Turnbull, is afraid his supervisor will come soon and discover what?
(a) He is French.
(b) He is old.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is ill.

4. Hannay considers writing the Prime Minister. Does he do this?
(a) No, because he figures he would not believe him.
(b) Yes.
(c) No, because he is afraid of the Prime Minister.
(d) No, because he wants to solve the mystery on his own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hannay do to a policeman who stops him?

2. 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?

3. He momentarily blacks out in the big explosion, and wakes to find himself dizzy and weary, and his __________ nearly useless.

4. Why does Hannay hatch a scheme to escape his flat?

5. Where does Hannay find an article about Scudder's death, dubbed "The Portland Place Murder?"

(see the answer key)

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