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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the young man excitedly agree to house Hannay for a few days?
(a) He wants to be a spy like Hannay.
(b) He thinks Hannay is a celebrity.
(c) Hannay's exciting tale is just what the bored man was waiting for.
(d) He believes Hannay to be an adventure writer.

2. This scheme, according to Scudder, has been planned by whom?
(a) German anarchists, capitalists, and Jews.
(b) French socialists, democrats, and Muslims.
(c) Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
(d) German anarchists, Russian diplomats, and Catholics.

3. How old is Hannay?
(a) 27.
(b) 47.
(c) 17.
(d) 37.

4. What does Hannay do to a policeman who stops him?
(a) He hugs him.
(b) He bribes him.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He kills him.

5. Finding himself back in the moorland, Hannay must hide where?
(a) In a farmer's home.
(b) Among the bushes.
(c) In an abandoned building.
(d) In a dense forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two rough-looking men have arrived at the inn asking questions. The innkeepers lies and tells them that Hannay had been at the inn, but had done what?

2. As part of pulling off this scheme, the conspirators wish to assassinate the Greek Premier named ____________, because he is a smart man of integrity who has a chance to ruin their plans.

3. Scudder, through many aliases and disguises, put the pieces of this puzzle together while doing what?

4. What do the rough men ask Hannay?

5. When they arrive, what does Hannay give Jopley?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannay end up being saved by a branch?

2. How does Hannay come to meet Scudder?

3. How does Hannay make himself to seem like a roadman?

4. How does Hannay feel about Scudder's story? How does this feeling change?

5. Who are the first few visitors Hannay has? How does he deal with these people?

6. How does Hannay learn that Scudder's body has been found? How does he also know he is in trouble?

7. How does Hannay come across Marmaduke Jopley?

8. What takes place between Jopley and Hannay?

9. What leads Hannay to an inn? How does Hannay play to the innkeeper's sensibilities?

10. What takes place in the inn prior to the arrival of the police?

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