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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once in the dovecot, what does Hannay do?

2. Where does Sir Harry's important political godfather, Sir Walter Bullivant, live?

3. Opening the door he comes across who?

4. What does Hannay feel instinctively?

5. Hannay then spends time spying on what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads to Hannay getting into a fight and being pursued by the police?

3. What leads to Hannay's recovery?

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

5. How does the book end?

6. How does luck come Hannay's way early in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are both spy and detective qualities in this book.

Part 1) Describe these qualities. How do these qualities affect the plot?

Part 2) How do these qualities keep the reader engaged and add intrigue and excitement to the story?

Part 3) How do these qualities help to make Hannay a true British hero?

Essay Topic 2

Disguise is a theme in this story.

Part 1) How is this a theme? How does this affect the plot and the sense of mystery and drama?

Part 2) How does the use of disguise change throughout the book? What is the purpose of this?

Part 3) What does the use of disguises reveal about Hannay? How does this support the idea that Hannay is both an ordinary man and a hero?

Essay Topic 3

Hannay's instincts are very strong.

Part 1) How are his natural instincts first seen? How do these strong instincts aid him in stopping the Germans?

Part 2) Can these strong instincts be found in ordinary people? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do you use your own instincts in your life? How do you benefit from these natural instincts?

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