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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 waits until nightfall to do what?
(a) Search for Black Stone amid the rubble.
(b) Go back to the house.
(c) Run away.
(d) Call his Sir Harry.

2. Who does Hannay bump into?
(a) The police.
(b) Marmaduke Jopley and his buddies.
(c) Scudder.
(d) Bullivant.

3. Trafalgar Lodge must be what?
(a) A base of operations for Black Stone.
(b) A vacation home.
(c) A popular destination.
(d) A hotel.

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

5. Do the military men believe that Alloa could have been an impostor?
(a) No.
(b) Probably.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point the old man bats his eyelashes in a peculiar way, a half-shut wink, of a kind that Scudder describes in his notebook belonging to whom?

2. Who lies for Hannay when the police come?

3. Hannay drives Bullivant to Scotland Yard where Hannay is introduced to whom?

4. The military men leave the planning of nabbing Black Stone up to who?

5. Who does Hannay believe Alloa to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Hannay wakes up in the dovecot?

2. What happens after the explosion?

3. How does Hannay get the old man to reveal that he is the enemy?

4. How are the military men convinced that Alloa is a spy?

5. What takes place in the story prior to Bullivant and Hannay combing through Scudder's notebook?

6. Describe Hannay's role in the plans to stop Black Stone from obtaining the key intelligence.

7. What do Bullivant and Hannay learn about the conspiracy plot?

8. Describe Hannay's discovery by three men.

9. How do Bullivant and other military men come to a plan?

10. How does Hannay come to know that the final destination of the Germans is along the east coast and has thirty-nine steps, perhaps leading to the beach?

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