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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. Bullivant is given a rude awakening when he receives a call informing him what has happened?
(a) The Prime Minister of Great Britain is dead.
(b) Karolides has just been shot dead.
(c) Karolides is Black Stone.
(d) Karolides is the spy.

2. How long does Hannay spend in bed, nursed by Turnbull?
(a) The next month or so.
(b) The next ten day days or so.
(c) The next five days or so.
(d) The next few hours or so.

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

4. Hannay decides to go with his gut, and hours before Black Stone is to escape with the intelligence, Hannay does what?
(a) Rings Trafalgar Lodge's doorbell.
(b) Breaks down the door of Trafalgar Lodge.
(c) Calls his men to gather for a meeting.
(d) Plans how he will sneak into Trafalgar Lodge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hannay bump into?

2. Where is this place near?

3. For whom are the men searching?

4. What is the only slim chance they have of averting disaster?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Hannay suspicious of a yacht called the Ariadne?

2. What plan to stop the Germans do the military men have left?

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

4. How does the book end?

5. Describe Hannay's journey to England, ending in Berkshire.

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

7. From where will the Germans leave England? How do the men come to this conclusion?

8. Describe Hannay's discovery by three men.

9. How does Hannay become doubtful of his gut instincts?

10. How are Hannay's suspicions roused at Bullivant's home?

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