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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smiley tell Guilliam to do at the end of Chapter 34?
(a) Beat Toby until he confesses everything he knows.
(b) Get him a drink.
(c) Call Alleline and arrange a meeting.
(d) Look for surveillance.

2. Who holds Steve at gunpoint?
(a) Bland.
(b) Toby.
(c) Smiley.
(d) Tarr.

3. What school does Jim attend?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Oxford.

4. Who is asked to take over the Circus in Chapter 38?
(a) Bland.
(b) Jim.
(c) Tarr.
(d) Smiley.

5. Whom does the message from Alleline say Tarr should talk to?
(a) Control.
(b) Ben.
(c) Ann.
(d) Steve.

6. Who does Toby say is Smiley's man?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Haydon.
(c) Jim.
(d) Polyakov.

7. What name does Jim go by when the Russians are looking for him?
(a) Dagyslav.
(b) Chlachulová.
(c) Hajek.
(d) Mikel.

8. What kind of car does the Minister drive?
(a) A Benz.
(b) A Porsche.
(c) A Bentley.
(d) A Rolls.

9. What does Toby accuse Jerry of doing?
(a) Being too violent.
(b) Drinking too much.
(c) Being a womanizer.
(d) Being an instigator.

10. Whom does Karla mostly want information about from Jim?
(a) Smiley.
(b) Alleline.
(c) Haydon.
(d) Bland.

11. What kind of car does Smiley arrive to visit Jim in?
(a) A Bentley.
(b) A Ford.
(c) A Chevy.
(d) A Honda.

12. Who is the letter that Smiley finds from Haydon addressed to?
(a) Jim.
(b) Fanshawe.
(c) Ann.
(d) Jerry.

13. Who does Smiley tell the Minister they need to stop negotiating with?
(a) The mafia.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Russians.

14. What does Bill think about Jim's gun at the end of Chapter 39?
(a) That he will tell the headmaster about it.
(b) That he is not sure what it is.
(c) That he would like to shoot it.
(d) That he dreamed it.

15. What street does Smiley live on?
(a) Crossville Road.
(b) Treeridge Parkway.
(c) Bywater Street.
(d) Crabapple Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a strangely emotional farewell with Polyakov when leaving the safe house in Chapter 37?

2. When will the men meet at the safe house again to give Polyakov time to consult his superiors?

3. Who is Tinker?

4. Who says, "I've drawn a line. That's what they told me to do"?

5. Who says, "I can't think, I'm so furious"?

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