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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. What happens when Hannay and Alloa meet eyes?

2. What does this place have?

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

4. What does Hannay do now that his suspicions are roused?

5. What does Hannay not know about the materials?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannay find Walter Bullivant?

2. What leads to Hannay's recovery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the book end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Scottish people are viewed as Good Samaritans.

Part 1) Describe the scenarios in which they are seen in this way. What is the purpose of this?

Part 2) How do these Good Samaritans help Hannay and the "good guys" be victorious? How might this be significant, considering the time in which this book was written?

Part 3) Would someone write a book in which Americans were Good Samaritans? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Hannay proves himself as a master spy and hero.

Part 1) How does he prove this throughout the book? What event in this book most strongly points to Hannay being a master spy and hero? How?

Part 2) Why would being a master spy and hero be important to people throughout the world at this time? How is this reinforced when Hannay joins the military?

Part 3) Why might an ordinary man becoming a master spy and hero be important in our world today?

Essay Topic 3

Many chapters end in cliffhangers.

Part 1) Describe these cliffhangers. What is the purpose of these cliffhangers?

Part 2) how do these cliffhangers support this as an adventure story? How do they keep the plot progressing?

Part 3) How do these cliffhangers affect you as the reader? Why?

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