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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Hannay is chased for how long?
(a) Many miles.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) A mile.
(d) Fifteen minutes.

4. What helps Hannay relocate Mr. Turnbull's house?
(a) A rough map Sir Harry provided him.
(b) His phone's GPS system.
(c) A compass.
(d) Luck.

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

6. What does the Frenchman, Royer, believe about the best disguise?
(a) It is the one you're not looking for.
(b) It is extravagant.
(c) It is a mask.
(d) It is fool-proof.

7. Armed with this fact, how does Hannay feel?
(a) Unsure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

8. Hannay finds two younger men playing tennis, laughing and talking in perfect English. How does this affect Hannay?
(a) It crushes his spirit.
(b) It confuses him.
(c) It reinvigorates him.
(d) It worries him.

9. Hannay stumbles across _________ and feels his best chance is to hide inside.
(a) A store.
(b) An abandoned warehouse.
(c) A barn.
(d) A remote house.

10. The crew seems English and innocent enough, but their officer bears a close-cropped haircut and a certain fashion in clothes that tells Hannay he is _________, not English.
(a) French.
(b) Swiss.
(c) Austrian.
(d) German.

11. Hannay drives Bullivant to Scotland Yard where Hannay is introduced to whom?
(a) The police chief who had chased him for the past couple of weeks.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Black Stone.
(d) The Prime Minister.

12. Is Hannay discovered?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, but he escapes again.
(c) No.
(d) No, but almost.

13. How does Bullivant manage to clear Hannay's name?
(a) Hannay is innocent.
(b) Bullivant is a bully.
(c) Bullivant is wealthy.
(d) He has political pull.

14. Hannay and the men head where to look up books of tide tables?
(a) To the library.
(b) To a pier.
(c) To the Admiralty.
(d) To a computer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once in the dovecot, what does Hannay do?

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

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

4. What does Hannay spot?

5. In the morning he awakes to find three men combing the brush some distance away, doing what?

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