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  • True or False:Hannay doesn't recognize the spies immediately.
    True
  • True or False: Seven years later, the war starts and Hannay joins the army.
    True
  • True or False: Hannay finds a house with thirty-nine steps at the Ruff.
    True
  • Why did Hannay need the book of Tide Tables?
    Because he was looking for a place where high tide was at 10.17.
  • True or False: Hannay finds German fishing boat near the Ruff.
    False (There was one German man on the boat)
  • True or False: The spies escape to Germany.
    False (Two of them were arrested by the police in the house and the other was arrested in the boat).
  • Why didn't the spy send the information by post?
    Because he wanted to collect his pay personally.
  • True or False: Hannay sees two men playing tennis very badly and realizes that they are the spies.
    False (They play very well and Hanny thinks they might be common Englishmen).
  • True or False: Hannay plays cards with the enemies.
    True
  • True or False: The spies blow uo the thirty-nine steps.
    True
  • Why were the spies clever to choose Lord Alloa?
    Because he was often too ill to go to meetings and even when he was well, he was a man of very few words.
  • Why was high tide important?
    Because the spy was going to leave from a small harbour, or a place where there was no harbour.
  • True or False: Hannay kills one of the spies.
    False (Hannay doesn't kill anybody)
  • Why did Hannay think that the spy would leave from the east coast?
    Because the spy was going back to Germany.
  • What is the name of the boat?
    Ariadne
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