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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is this place near?
(a) Bennington.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Brigham.
(d) Bradgate.

2. Do the military men believe that Alloa could have been an impostor?
(a) Probably.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. They all make excuses for leaving, but Hannay tells them they're going nowhere, and he does what?
(a) Screams.
(b) Calls the police on the phone.
(c) Blows his police whistle.
(d) Gives the code phrase, "the eagle has landed."

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

5. The military men leave the planning of nabbing Black Stone up to who?
(a) Sir Harry.
(b) Bullivant.
(c) Scaife.
(d) Hannay.

6. Hannay knows his cover will be blown when what happens?
(a) They see his picture in the paper.
(b) When he speaks.
(c) The men come and identify him.
(d) When they torture him.

7. However, Hannay remembers an old wily acquaintance of his, Peter Pienaar, accustomed to posing as others, tell him that the best disguise is what?
(a) Expensive.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Worn all the time.
(d) Not out of the ordinary.

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

9. Knowing their final destination, he narrows the geographical possibilities to what coast?
(a) The west.
(b) The north.
(c) The east.
(d) The south.

10. Who does Hannay bump into?
(a) Marmaduke Jopley and his buddies.
(b) Scudder.
(c) The police.
(d) Bullivant.

11. Opening the door he comes across who?
(a) An old man.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A young man.

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

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

14. 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 10:17 p.m.
(c) At 9:17 p.m.
(d) At 11:17 p.m.

15. What does Hannay feel instinctively?
(a) He should hide.
(b) He will not survive this ordeal.
(c) He should go home.
(d) He still has a crucial part to play in the whole affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Exhausted, Hannay eats a little biscuit then sleeps where?

2. Hannay then has Scaife go down to the beach and count what?

3. After regaining his strength, now __________ days from the important "doom date" of the 15th of June, Hannay decides to go back into England.

4. What does Hannay do to the man who yells, "Murderer?"

5. The men get who with knowledge of the coast to answer questions?

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