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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Miss Crail's relationship to Leamas?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She rents a room from him.
(c) She is his boss.
(d) She works for him.

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

3. What cover job does Kiever offer Leamas?
(a) A travel agent.
(b) A professor.
(c) A freelance writer.
(d) A banker.

4. Once Elvira crosses the German border, what does she report to Leamas?
(a) All of her spy network has been captured.
(b) Her spy network is all in place.
(c) She doesn't meet Leamas to report to him.
(d) Her spy network has fled for safety.

5. Where does Leamas request he be sent after he officially defects?
(a) London.
(b) America.
(c) Anywhere that isn't in Europe.
(d) Soviet territory.

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

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

8. During Leamas' meeting with Control, what is revealed as Leamas' job for the last few years?
(a) Managing the East Berlin spy network.
(b) Being a spy in the U.S.
(c) Being a spy in Russia.
(d) Managing the West Berlin spy network.

9. In chapter 1, we get a sense that Leamas is:
(a) In love with Elvira.
(b) A double agent.
(c) A brand new spy.
(d) A seasoned spy.

10. What does Leamas expect will happen when he meets with Control in Chapter 2?
(a) Leamas will have to retun all of his new, secret gadgets.
(b) Control will fire him.
(c) Leamas will finally get a new computer.
(d) Control will tell him he has cancer.

11. While Leamas is in prison, he:
(a) Paid the visitor to see Liz.
(b) Asked a friend to stop in and see if Liz was doing okay.
(c) Asked the visitor to see Liz.
(d) Does now know about Liz's visitor.

12. What does Peters bring with him when he returns to see Leamas in Chapter 10?
(a) Liz.
(b) Information that Leamas' picture is in the newspaper.
(c) Truth serum.
(d) East German body guards.

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

14. Who is Alex Leamas?
(a) An average citizen.
(b) An East German spy.
(c) A West German spy.
(d) A British secret agent.

15. Who does Ashe introduce Leamas to in Chapter 7?
(a) Arthur Ashe.
(b) His sister, on whom Leamas develops a crush.
(c) A landlord who will rent Leamas an apartment.
(d) Sam Kiever.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in East Berlin, who does Leamas meet?

2. Who does Leamas meet when he is released from jail?

3. Where is Ashe's apartment located?

4. Why does Leamas stop showing up for work at the library?

5. Who does Liz have help break down Leamas' door when he has missed work?

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