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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. Why did Alloa read the intelligence over and over?

2. Why does Hannay feel he will soon be caught?

3. Who does Hannay tell about his suspicions?

4. Who lies for Hannay when the police come?

5. After the drive, Bullivant urges Hannay to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. How does Hannay find Walter Bullivant?

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

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

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

9. How do the men learn about a possible destination?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The plot of the anarchists is revealed to be very dangerous.

Part 1) Why is it not seen to be very danger at first? What is the purpose of this?

Part 2) How is the true threat of the Germans revealed throughout this story? How does this affect Hannay? How is he tested by this?

Part 3) How does this parallel events going on at the time this book was written? What message does this book send to readers at this time?

Essay Topic 3

Repetition is frequently used.

Part 1) What is repeated throughout this book? Why?

Part 2) How dos this repetition support the plot, themes, and the main character's personality?

Part 3) What other literary devices are used? How are they used? Why are they used?

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