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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when "Murderer!" is cried?
(a) No one listens.
(b) The entire neighborhood is roused.
(c) Everyone stares at Hannay.
(d) Hannay laughs.

2. Hannay remembers the cryptic phrase "Thirty-Nine Steps" from Scudder's notebook, and also notations about "high tide" arriving when?
(a) At 12:17 a.m.
(b) At 9:17 p.m.
(c) At 11:17 p.m.
(d) At 10:17 p.m.

3. Who does Hannay believe Alloa to be?
(a) A French diplomat.
(b) A German.
(c) Black Stone.
(d) The Black Stone spy.

4. What must Hannay be careful to avoid?
(a) Being spotted by the enemy.
(b) Too much sun exposure.
(c) Moving too quickly.
(d) Several tripwires set throughout the property.

5. There must also be how many steps at this location?
(a) Forty-nine.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Nine.

6. An upscale private beach known as what is a likely spot?
(a) The Ruff.
(b) The Ocean.
(c) The Sea.
(d) The waves.

7. Of what does Hannay accuse the men in Trafalgar Lodge?
(a) Breaking a noise violation.
(b) Being Black Stone and traitors.
(c) Not paying their rent.
(d) German.

8. He hitches a ride from one of Turnbull's companions, named Hislop, who is what?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) A cattle herder.
(d) A merchant.

9. Who lies for Hannay when the police come?
(a) Bullivant's wife.
(b) Bullivant's butler.
(c) Bullivant's neice.
(d) Bullivant's chauffeur.

10. Where is Hannay kept locked away?
(a) In a dark room.
(b) In a large room.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In the barn.

11. Who does Hannay tell about his suspicions?
(a) The butler.
(b) Bullivant.
(c) No one.
(d) The other men still having the meeting.

12. Bullivant is given a rude awakening when he receives a call informing him what has happened?
(a) The Prime Minister of Great Britain is dead.
(b) Karolides is Black Stone.
(c) Karolides has just been shot dead.
(d) Karolides is the spy.

13. When does it seem Black Stone will leave England?
(a) Two nights from now.
(b) The next night.
(c) That night.
(d) A week from now.

14. Who is in possession of the key intelligence wanted by the Black Stone?
(a) Bullivant.
(b) Royer, the Frenchman.
(c) Steele, the German.
(d) Hannay.

15. Why did Alloa read the intelligence over and over?
(a) He cannot believe what he is reading.
(b) He has a poor memory.
(c) He does not read English very well.
(d) As a spy committing data to photographic memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point the old man bats his eyelashes in a peculiar way, a half-shut wink, of a kind that Scudder describes in his notebook belonging to whom?

2. The story concluded, Hannay relates that shortly thereafter what war began?

3. For whom are the men searching?

4. Where might this staircase lead?

5. Why does Hannay feel he will soon be caught?

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