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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Miss Crail talk to on the phone most of the time?
(a) Reporters.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Leamas.
(d) Her husband.

3. Once everyone realizes that Leamas is wanted in Britain, where does Peters take Leamas?
(a) East Berlin.
(b) America.
(c) Deeper into the spy prison building.
(d) Shopping for clothes so he can go undercover.

4. Which of the following jobs does Leamas also take in Chapter 3?
(a) Selling knives door to door.
(b) Selling men's suits.
(c) Selling encyclopedias door to door.
(d) Selling cars.

5. What does Leamas go to jail for?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Attacking a grocery store clerk.
(c) Kidnapping Liz.
(d) Robbing someone on the street.

6. What is this person who visits Liz while Leamas is in prison interested in knowing?
(a) About what Leamas did to go to jail.
(b) About whether or not the shopkeeper is recovering.
(c) About Liz's relationship with Leamas.
(d) About Liz's involvement with Communism.

7. Who are the Vopos?
(a) West German spies.
(b) East German spies.
(c) American border guards.
(d) German border guards.

8. What does Liz buy for Leamas when she finds him in his apartment?
(a) Poison.
(b) Books to read.
(c) Food and medicine.
(d) Medical care.

9. What does Leamas believe Ashe to be?
(a) The brains behind the operation.
(b) An annoying middleman.
(c) A spy from Control.
(d) A very wealthy and important businessman.

10. During the first part of Leamas' questioning, Peters disappears. How long is Peters gone for?
(a) One day.
(b) One year.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

11. Who are the British allied with?
(a) Both West and East Germany.
(b) No one.
(c) West Germany.
(d) East German.

12. Of what descent is Fiedler?.
(a) East German.
(b) West German.
(c) American.
(d) Russian.

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

14. During Leamas' continued interrogations, how is Fiedler's character presented?
(a) As untrustworthy because he keeps lying.
(b) In a negative light.
(c) In a positive light.
(d) In a horrible light, since he keeps Leamas locked up in the dark.

15. What do others call Leamas in respect to his relationship with alcohol after he quits working for British intelligence?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A drunk.
(c) A distributor.
(d) A prude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leamas expect will happen when he meets with Control in Chapter 2?

2. How does Karl try to cross the German border?

3. When Leamas is released from jail, he meets someone. What do they first do together?

4. Which of the following is the best description of Miss Crail?

5. Who is Alexander Thwaite?

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