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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of journalist is Phoebe Wayfarer?
(a) A sports columnist.
(b) A gossip reporter.
(c) A human interest reporter.
(d) An advice columnist.

2. What does Smiley have Molly hide when she retrieves paper work for him in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Bank account numbers.
(b) Addresses.
(c) Phone numbers.
(d) Names.

3. Who does Jerry spend the weekend with in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) His father.
(b) His stepmother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His brother.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 8, what resources will Smiley use to run his investigation in Hong Kong?
(a) The Foreign Office's resources.
(b) The Interal Affairs Office's resources.
(c) The Cousins' resources.
(d) The Circus' resources.

5. Why does Jerry need Frost's help at the Hong Kong bank?
(a) He wants a job there.
(b) He wants to see files.
(c) He wants to open the safe.
(d) He wants to set up cameras.

6. Who rejects the Canadian journalist's article about High Haven?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A radio show.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A university press.

7. Why is the Moscow money laundering operation case Connie discovers closed?
(a) It is lacking evidence.
(b) It is prejudicial.
(c) It is outside of their jurisdiction.
(d) It is old.

8. Who names the British Secret Service the "Circus"?
(a) Luke.
(b) The dwarf.
(c) Craw.
(d) An American newspaper.

9. Who does Phoebe know Liese Worth used to live with in Vientiane?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A politician.
(c) A spy.
(d) A pilot.

10. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Smiley do with some of the retired agents?
(a) Calls them back to duty.
(b) Cuts their benefits.
(c) Has them interrogated.
(d) Gives them a raise.

11. Whose job did George Smiley take over?
(a) Bill Haydon.
(b) Connie Sachs.
(c) Yunnan Province.
(d) Karla Vientiane.

12. When Jerry meets Drake Ko for the first time, what does he ask him about?
(a) His bank accounts.
(b) His family.
(c) His name.
(d) His good luck.

13. What does Jerry learn about how Drake Ko traveled to Hong Kong?
(a) He was a refugee.
(b) He traveled alone.
(c) He took a plane.
(d) He walked.

14. When Craw and Phoebe go out to dinner in Part 1, Chapter 9, what does Phoebe mostly talk about?
(a) The spying she wants to do.
(b) The spying she used to do.
(c) The newspaper she works for.
(d) The people she writes about.

15. Where is Drake Ko from originally?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) New York.
(d) Hong Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who develops Jerry's film from the Hong Kong bank?

2. What is Doc di Salis an expert on?

3. Why does Liese Worth have a false name?

4. In the pictures Jerry took at the bank, how is the beneficiary identified?

5. What nationality is Craw?

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