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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hannay decides to go with his gut, and hours before Black Stone is to escape with the intelligence, Hannay does what?
(a) Breaks down the door of Trafalgar Lodge.
(b) Plans how he will sneak into Trafalgar Lodge.
(c) Calls his men to gather for a meeting.
(d) Rings Trafalgar Lodge's doorbell.

2. Hannay is kept "in the game" by posing as who?
(a) Bullivant's cousin.
(b) Bullivant's friend.
(c) Bullivant's brother.
(d) Bullivant's chauffeur.

3. What does this place have?
(a) Stairs leading to a large pier.
(b) Stairs leading to a small pier.
(c) Stairs leading to a large yacht.
(d) Stairs leading to a private beach.

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

5. The men get who with knowledge of the coast to answer questions?
(a) A Coast Guard veteran.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A navy veteran.
(d) A ship's captain.

6. After regaining his strength, now __________ days from the important "doom date" of the 15th of June, Hannay decides to go back into England.
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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) Not out of the ordinary.
(c) Unusual.
(d) Worn all the time.

8. 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.
(a) Nitroglycerine.
(b) Lentonite.
(c) Fissile isotopes.
(d) Deflagrate.

9. Hannay then has Scaife go down to the beach and count what?
(a) Each step for each staircase.
(b) The number of sailors on the ship.
(c) The number of ships.
(d) The number of piers.

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

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

12. What Scotland Yard official helps with nabbing Black Stone?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Bullivant.
(c) Scaife.
(d) Hannay.

13. Finally arriving at a quaint fisherman's pond and feeling somewhat at ease, Hannay idly whistles what tune?
(a) "Turkey in the Straw."
(b) "Alabama Jubilee."
(c) "Little Brown Jug."
(d) "Annie Laurie."

14. What does Hannay realize about what he spots?
(a) It is the hideout of the enemy.
(b) It is Black Stone.
(c) It is a good place for him to hide.
(d) It is a landing pad for the airplane that's been following him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay then spends time spying on what?

2. Hannay and Scaife pose as what now as they investigate a sleek yacht docked nearby, called the Ariadne?

3. For whom are the men searching?

4. Do they know the location from which Black Stone will leave England?

5. They all make excuses for leaving, but Hannay tells them they're going nowhere, and he does what?

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