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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people does Control tell Leamas to look up before starting his new mission?
(a) No one -- he's supposed to work alone.
(b) Karl Reimeck & Peter Smiley.
(c) George Guilliam & Peter Smiley.
(d) George Smiley & Peter Guilliam.

2. Who is Liz Gold?
(a) A nurse.
(b) The mailwoman.
(c) A cataloging assistant in the library.
(d) A schoolteacher.

3. What drives Leamas' unhealthy life choices in after he leaves British intelligence?
(a) His new secret mission.
(b) His grief.
(c) His alcoholism.
(d) His depression.

4. What is the public perception of why Leamas left his job?
(a) He got into a screaming match with his boss.
(b) He was just transferred to a new country.
(c) He embezzeled money.
(d) He was a double agent.

5. What is consuming most of Leamas' thoughts the longer he is questioned?
(a) A life with Liz.
(b) Who is taking care of his pets while he's on his mission.
(c) How he is going to spend all of his new money.
(d) How much longer he has until he can flee to America.

6. Who is Miss Crail?
(a) A secretary.
(b) A housekeeper.
(c) An old family friend of Leamas'.
(d) A librarian.

7. While talking to Peters in the Hague, Leamas tells Peters of a top-secret operation. What was its code name?
(a) Operation Moss.
(b) Scandinavian Eyes.
(c) Operation Eiffel Tower.
(d) Rolling Stone.

8. What big secret does Liz tell Leamas?
(a) That she is a fugitive.
(b) That she's a Communist.
(c) That she's pregnant.
(d) That she's already married.

9. What items did the secret mission, revealed to Peters by Leamas at the Hauge, involve?
(a) Fake stolen objects, such as radios.
(b) Fake passports and signatures.
(c) Fake drugs.
(d) Fake guns and other weapons.

10. While Leamas is in prison, who comes to visit Liz?
(a) Leamas -- he sneaks out of prison for one night to see her.
(b) George Smiley.
(c) The warden.
(d) Control.

11. Where is Ashe's apartment located?
(a) Dolphin Square.
(b) Del Mar Square.
(c) Marina Square.
(d) Fisherman's Square.

12. How does Karl try to cross the German border?
(a) On foot.
(b) On a bike.
(c) In a car.
(d) He doesn't try to cross the border.

13. What does Leamas do to the grocer when he refuses Leamas' request?
(a) Leamas writes a letter to the paper about how bad the store service is.
(b) Leamas takes his business elsewhere.
(c) Leamas breaks several of his bones.
(d) Leamas organizes a strike against the store.

14. What does Leamas say in his secret letter to Liz?
(a) That he's coming home soon.
(b) That he loves her and can't stop thinking about her.
(c) That she needs to get on with her life.
(d) He doesn't write a secret letter to Liz.

15. What does Leamas see when he leaves Liz's apartment after first spending the night?
(a) A strange man in the fog.
(b) Liz's other lover.
(c) A sweet family.
(d) A lost dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cover job does Kiever offer Leamas?

2. What do others call Leamas in respect to his relationship with alcohol after he quits working for British intelligence?

3. Who does Miss Crail talk to on the phone most of the time?

4. Where is Leamas' next mission once he returns to London after meeting with Control in Chapter 2?

5. How does the relationship between Liz and Leamas change after they've known each other for a little while?

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