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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. Hannay next chances upon a rural inn, run by a young man who wants to be what?
(a) A writer of adventures.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A spy.
(d) An actor.

2. How does Hannay lose control of the car?
(a) The break lines are cut.
(b) He is blinded by flying debris.
(c) He speeds down into a valley to try to evade a plane's gaze.
(d) The power steering goes out.

3. How does Jopley feel?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Worried.
(c) Angry.
(d) Bored.

4. Scudder asks to come in, and the man quickly locks the door behind them, ___________.
(a) Clearly very excited.
(b) Clearly very happy.
(c) Clearly in a panic.
(d) Clearly very sad.

5. How does Hannay finally come to believe Scudder's story?
(a) He becomes friends with Scudder.
(b) He hears the same story from someone who is more credible.
(c) He finds more evidence of the plot.
(d) He finds Scudder stabbed to death in his flat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arriving at a station he had been to the night before, Hannay must hide in the shadows from whom?

2. The Germans would establish a naval blockade around what?

3. Hannay considers writing the Prime Minister. Does he do this?

4. How old is Hannay?

5. Hannay knocks over who in his frantic escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hannay plan to do for the next twenty days before the tea party? What will he do after these twenty days?

2. What leads Hannay to realize the stolen police car is a liability?

3. What happens when the rough men leave?

4. What does Hannay think about as he speeds along in the stolen car? What does he realize about the conspiracy?

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

6. What does Hannay realize about the situation?

7. What is known about Richard Hannay at the beginning of the story?

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

9. What leads to Hannay telling a large crowd a fictitious story about Australian politics?

10. How does Hannay end up feeling exposed in the middle of the country?

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