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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bill become physically ill?
(a) He is punched in the stomach.
(b) He has the flu.
(c) He eats expired food.
(d) He is terrified.

2. Why does Bland take a desk job in London?
(a) He has a nervous breakdown.
(b) He is getting very old.
(c) He is demoted after being involved in a scandal.
(d) He is shot.

3. How is Toby described as dressing?
(a) Like a male model.
(b) Like a lumberjack.
(c) Like an eighth grader.
(d) Like an old man.

4. What does Jim steal from another teacher?
(a) Money.
(b) Mail.
(c) A desk.
(d) Textbooks.

5. What color are the requisition slips that Guilliam gets from the archivist?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

6. What month is it when Tarr meets Irina in Hong Kong?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) July.

7. What does Tarr's wallpaper look like?
(a) Brown with red flowers.
(b) White with black flowers.
(c) Blue with green flowers.
(d) Yellow with orange flowers.

8. What name does Tarr put on his fake passport?
(a) Cole.
(b) Cooney.
(c) Poole.
(d) Glover.

9. What do the janitors call Toby?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Tinker Bell.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Thumbelina.

10. Who does not lie to Smiley about his involvement in Witchcraft?
(a) Toby.
(b) Haydon.
(c) Alleline.
(d) Bland.

11. Who is worried about Bill at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Thursgood.
(b) His classmates.
(c) Matron.
(d) Jim.

12. How many active agents are behind the Iron Curtain?
(a) 598.
(b) 87.
(c) 400.
(d) 124.

13. What station does Irina work out of?
(a) Moscow Centre.
(b) London Station.
(c) Kong Hong Station.
(d) The Brixton schoolhouse.

14. How long had Aleks been in London before Circus knew about him?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 2 years.

15. What is the name of the school where Jim goes to work?
(a) Peyton's School.
(b) The Marist School.
(c) Thursgood's School.
(d) Arnold's School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Smiley believe Merlin is located?

2. Who is the number two man at London Station?

3. Who says, "Break any good necks this weekend?"

4. What is the name of the man who notices discrepancies regarding Merlin?

5. Who tells Tarr that he thinks Tarr is taken with Irina?

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