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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fortune then smiles as Hannay by chance finds Scudder's black book buried where?
(a) On a bookshelf.
(b) In his tobacco jar.
(c) In the trash.
(d) On Scudder's body.

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

3. Are the Jew anarchists behind these schemes?
(a) Yes, partially.
(b) Yes, completely.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, very much.

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

5. Why does Hannay plan to double-back on his tracks?
(a) To find the men searching for him.
(b) To fool the police and anyone else on his tail.
(c) He forgot something at the train station.
(d) To protect the farmer and his wife.

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

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

8. What does Hannay do to a policeman who stops him?
(a) He punches him.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He bribes him.
(d) He hugs him.

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

10. This scheme, according to Scudder, has been planned by whom?
(a) French socialists, democrats, and Muslims.
(b) Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
(c) German anarchists, capitalists, and Jews.
(d) German anarchists, Russian diplomats, and Catholics.

11. Does the milkman agree to the handsome offer?
(a) Almost.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

12. Two rough-looking men have arrived at the inn asking questions. The innkeepers lies and tells them that Hannay had been at the inn, but had done what?
(a) Hidden in the rooms upstairs.
(b) Taken off the day before on a motorcycle.
(c) Left unexpectedly.
(d) Gone to town for the day.

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

14. What does Sir Harry ask Hannay?
(a) If he is a spy.
(b) If he is British.
(c) If he is a Free Trader.
(d) If he is a policeman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hannay know he is in trouble, after seeing the article about Scudder's murder?

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

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

4. Why does Scudder shoot a corpse in the face?

5. Arriving at a station he had been to the night before, Hannay must hide in the shadows from whom?

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