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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hannay not know about the materials?
(a) How to make them explode.
(b) If they are are poisonous.
(c) How much is needed to blow out the door but not kill him.
(d) If they are explosives.

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

3. After the drive, Bullivant urges Hannay to do what?
(a) Go home.
(b) Come with him.
(c) Search for Black Stone.
(d) Lay low until after the meeting.

4. He momentarily blacks out in the big explosion, and wakes to find himself dizzy and weary, and his __________ nearly useless.
(a) Right leg.
(b) Right arm.
(c) Left arm.
(d) Left leg.

5. What does the Coast Guard even know about this place?
(a) Its high tide occurs at 9:17pm.
(b) Its high tide occurs at 10:17pm.
(c) Its high tide occurs at 11:17pm.
(d) Its high tide occurs at 12:17am.

6. 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?
(a) An ally.
(b) A man he dreaded above all others.
(c) A French spy.
(d) The Greek man.

7. The story concluded, Hannay relates that shortly thereafter what war began?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Great War.

8. An old fisherman strikes up a conversation with him, they talk about the lake, and Hannay mentions that a difficult fish is tugging like what?
(a) A "tornado."
(b) A "whale."
(c) A "black stone."
(d) A "monster."

9. The plans are too far in motion to change at this point, so it's decided that what must happen?
(a) They must all give up.
(b) Black Stone must be captured.
(c) Black Stone must be killed.
(d) Black Stone must simply be prevented from obtaining the intelligence.

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

11. Where might this staircase lead?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To a pier.
(c) To a deck.
(d) To a yacht.

12. What do they remember about Alloa?
(a) He did not speak much.
(b) He spoke a great deal.
(c) He was unhappy.
(d) He was odd.

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

14. Once in the dovecot, what does Hannay do?
(a) He blacks out again.
(b) He makes a call on his cell phone.
(c) He plots his escape.
(d) He cries.

15. When the old man confronts Hannay, Hannay as Ainslie confesses he did what?
(a) Works for Black Stone.
(b) Came from Paris.
(c) Stole a car.
(d) Stole some money from a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is this place near?

2. Hannay decides to go with his gut, and hours before Black Stone is to escape with the intelligence, Hannay does what?

3. Bullivant is given a rude awakening when he receives a call informing him what has happened?

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

5. He searches the room for anything useful, eventually finding a flashlight to see better and then some mining material in the form of _____________ (a dangerous explosive) and some fuses.

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