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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does Bill hear being sung as he passes the church in Chapter 24?
(a) Te Deum.
(b) Ave Maria.
(c) Salve Regina.
(d) Nunc dimittis.

2. What kind of car does Jim have?
(a) Lotus.
(b) Aston Martin.
(c) Bentley.
(d) Alvis.

3. Who says, "Tarr has not lied to us, Peter. Not in any material way."?
(a) Ailsa.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Smiley.
(d) Alleline.

4. What is the name of the man who notices discrepancies regarding Merlin?
(a) Shoaf.
(b) Clark.
(c) Ribble.
(d) Peck.

5. What does Bill think Jim must have problems with?
(a) His money.
(b) His back.
(c) His wife.
(d) Authority.

6. Where is Karla when he is arrested on immigration charges?
(a) London.
(b) India.
(c) California.
(d) Hong Kong.

7. In what continent is Karla a legend, according to Smiley?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

8. Whom does Guilliam tell everything he has learned at Brixton at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Mendel.
(b) Toby.
(c) Tarr.
(d) Bland.

9. What nickname do the schoolboys give to Jim?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Panther.
(d) Rhino.

10. What station has control of everything in the British intelligence service?
(a) London.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Leeds.

11. What does Smiley think about Irina's diary?
(a) That Irina has terrible handwriting.
(b) That Karla must have planted it.
(c) That it looks professionally prepared.
(d) That a lunatic wrote it.

12. What is Connie's last name?
(a) Hawkins.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Hull.
(d) Sachs.

13. What holiday is it when Control dies?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

14. What is Guilliam's first name?
(a) Paul.
(b) Martin.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

15. What year is Karla arrested on immigration charges?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Smiley go by while hunting down the mole?

2. What is the name of the Hong Kong agent that Tarr talks to about Irina?

3. How is Toby described as dressing?

4. Who says, "I'm very disappointed with you, young Peter."?

5. Where was Ellis shot?

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