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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. What saves Hannay's life?
(a) A rock.
(b) The car comes to a stop.
(c) A building.
(d) A branch.

2. Why does Scudder shoot a corpse in the face?
(a) He thought the person was alive.
(b) To test out his gun.
(c) He is very violent.
(d) To discourage accurate identification and to fake suicide.

3. Hannay exits his flat and heads where?
(a) Toward a rental car agency.
(b) Toward a bus station.
(c) Toward an airport.
(d) Toward a train station.

4. This organization also planned to intercept important military intelligence on the state of what?
(a) The British naval fleet.
(b) The American naval fleet.
(c) All European naval fleets.
(d) The Australian naval fleet.

5. Why does Hannay plan to double-back on his tracks?
(a) To fool the police and anyone else on his tail.
(b) He forgot something at the train station.
(c) To protect the farmer and his wife.
(d) To find the men searching for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay knocks over who in his frantic escape?

2. As Hannay speeds along the moor roads in the stolen plainclothes officer's car, he thinks about what?

3. What does Sir Harry ask Hannay?

4. The conspiracy was ________ Scudder stated.

5. Switching trains, Hannay finally emerges into the Scottish moorlands, or _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does fortune smile upon Hannay?

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

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

4. Upon what plan did Scudder stumble?

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

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

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

8. Where does Hannay decide to hide? How does this chapter end?

9. Who is to be murdered? Why, when, and where is this person to be murdered?

10. Describe Hannay's good luck in this chapter.

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