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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. When does it seem Black Stone will leave England?
(a) That night.
(b) Two nights from now.
(c) The next night.
(d) A week from now.

2. 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 is Black Stone.
(c) Karolides has just been shot dead.
(d) Karolides is the spy.

3. Knowing their final destination, he narrows the geographical possibilities to what coast?
(a) The north.
(b) The east.
(c) The west.
(d) The south.

4. Where might this staircase lead?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To a deck.
(c) To a yacht.
(d) To a pier.

5. What does the Coast Guard even know about this place?
(a) Its high tide occurs at 9:17pm.
(b) Its high tide occurs at 10:17pm.
(c) Its high tide occurs at 12:17am.
(d) Its high tide occurs at 11:17pm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hannay and Scaife pose as what now as they investigate a sleek yacht docked nearby, called the Ariadne?

2. Who does Hannay expect to find?

3. What Scotland Yard official helps with nabbing Black Stone?

4. The story concluded, Hannay relates that shortly thereafter what war began?

5. Hannay stumbles across _________ and feels his best chance is to hide inside.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the book end?

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

4. Describe Hannay's discovery by three men.

5. How does Scudder's black book become useful again?

6. What takes place during the time in which Hannay decides to spy on the men in Trafalgar Lodge and when he rings the doorbell?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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