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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might it look as if Hannay killed Scudder?
(a) Based on strong circumstantial evidence.
(b) He and Scudder were known enemies.
(c) He did kill Scudder.
(d) He has killed before.

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

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

4. How does Hannay respond to their questioning?
(a) He says he would like to join their conspiracy.
(b) He says he has not seen anyone.
(c) He says he does not know the quickest way into town.
(d) He says he is a road man.

5. What is another reason why Hannay does not call the police?
(a) His brothers are cops, and he does not want to get them involved.
(b) The police must uncover the plot on their own.
(c) He does not trust the police.
(d) They may try him for Scudder's murder.

6. What do the rough men ask Hannay?
(a) If he knows the quickest way into town.
(b) If he is really a road man.
(c) If he would like to join the conspiracy.
(d) If, essentially, he's seen himself somewhere on the road.

7. Where does Hannay find an article about Scudder's death, dubbed "The Portland Place Murder?"
(a) In a Scottish Review newspaper.
(b) On a reward poster.
(c) On a board in the train station.
(d) In an old shepherd's daily newspaper.

8. How does Hannay finally come to believe Scudder's story?
(a) He finds more evidence of the plot.
(b) He finds Scudder stabbed to death in his flat.
(c) He hears the same story from someone who is more credible.
(d) He becomes friends with Scudder.

9. Hannay next gives a speech, giving the crowd a completely fabricated account of politics in what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Australia.
(d) Austria.

10. Hannay soon has another visitor, this time _________ rough men who he guesses are members of Black Stone.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

11. Recently Scudder stumbled upon a sinister international scheme to usher in a state of European anarchy, specifically to get Russia to declare war on what country?
(a) The United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

12. Desperate for another disguise, Hannay offers to take over for Turnbull while the man does what?
(a) Sleeps his drink off.
(b) Goes to the hospital.
(c) Leaves for France.
(d) Gets a permit.

13. How do the rough men seem?
(a) Worried.
(b) Convinced.
(c) Confused.
(d) Angry.

14. Finding himself back in the moorland, Hannay must hide where?
(a) In an abandoned building.
(b) Among the bushes.
(c) In a dense forest.
(d) In a farmer's home.

15. As Hannay speeds along the moor roads in the stolen plainclothes officer's car, he thinks about what?
(a) His family.
(b) What he discovered in Scudder's black book.
(c) The enemy.
(d) His life before meeting Scudder.

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. Hannay exits his flat and heads where?

3. Scudder is __________ journalist and has toured much of Europe in that capacity.

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

5. Hannay cannot leave at the station, so he waits until the train starts up again, and then does what?

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