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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. Where might this staircase lead?

2. What happens when "Murderer!" is cried?

3. He momentarily blacks out in the big explosion, and wakes to find himself dizzy and weary, and his __________ nearly useless.

4. What do they remember about Alloa?

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. How do the men learn about a possible destination?

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 the book end?

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

6. Describe Hannay's discovery by three men.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hannay is a Renaissance Man.

Part 1) What is a Renaissance Man? How is Hannay a Renaissance Man?

Part 2) How does this seemingly ordinary man become a Renaissance Man? What does this say about other ordinary men and women?

Part 3) Describe someone in your own life who is a Renaissance Man.

Essay Topic 2

Crucial information is given in the first chapter.

Part 1) What crucial information is given? How does this information become necessary throughout the book?

Part 2) What is the purpose for giving this information so soon in the novel? How does this affect the pace of the book?

Part 3) How does this information affect one's view of the protagonist and his role in this story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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