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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. 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?
(a) An ally.
(b) A man he dreaded above all others.
(c) A French spy.
(d) The Greek man.

2. Armed with this fact, how does Hannay feel?
(a) Scared.
(b) Confident.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Angry.

3. How does Hannay feel about not being a part of the meeting?
(a) Worried.
(b) Angry.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Relieved.

4. What happens when "Murderer!" is cried?
(a) Everyone stares at Hannay.
(b) The entire neighborhood is roused.
(c) Hannay laughs.
(d) No one listens.

5. Where does Sir Harry's important political godfather, Sir Walter Bullivant, live?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) Berkshire.
(d) Stratford.

Short Answer Questions

1. To avoid detection, Black Stone must be leaving from where?

2. To what does Hannay wake?

3. What does Hannay do to the man who yells, "Murderer?"

4. What helps Hannay relocate Mr. Turnbull's house?

5. Hannay decides to go with his gut, and hours before Black Stone is to escape with the intelligence, Hannay does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannay end up being chased by the police? How does this chase end?

2. What leads to Hannay's recovery?

3. 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?

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

5. Now locked in a room and guarded, what does Hannay decide to do?

6. What takes place prior to Hannay posing as a fisherman?

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

8. How does Hannay regain his confidence and stop the Germans?

9. How does Hannay end up in the hands of the enemy?

10. How does Hannay come to believe the Black Stone spy is in Bullivant's home?

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