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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Haydon's letter that Smiley finds dated?
(a) March 30, 1937.
(b) September 21, 1937.
(c) July 10, 1937.
(d) February 3, 1937.

2. What is Millie's last name?
(a) Meyer.
(b) McCraig.
(c) Rice.
(d) Bishop.

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

4. Whom does Tarr get to decipher a message from Alleline?
(a) Sam.
(b) Paul.
(c) Ben.
(d) Tom.

5. What is Mendel using to study Circus headquarters?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) A note pad.
(d) A camera.

6. Who has a strangely emotional farewell with Polyakov when leaving the safe house in Chapter 37?
(a) Bland.
(b) Smiley.
(c) Jim.
(d) Toby.

7. What time is it when Chapter 34 starts?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

8. Who does Haydon want to question him when being interrogated?
(a) Alleline.
(b) Ann.
(c) Jim.
(d) Smiley.

9. How does Haydon die?
(a) Stab wound.
(b) Thrown off a bridge.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Broken neck.

10. In what year does Haydon receive Soviet citizenship?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1956.

11. What does Jerry do for a living?
(a) Radio talk show host.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Violinist.

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

13. What color is all the furniture in the motel room where Smiley and Jim go to talk?
(a) Tan.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

14. What sort of cover does Jim have when he and Max work together?
(a) Czech.
(b) Irish.
(c) Hungarian.
(d) Finnish.

15. Whose voice comes on the duty officer's radio once music stops?
(a) Mildred Natwick.
(b) Lauren Bacall.
(c) Claudette Colbert.
(d) Noel Coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Smiley and Lacon meet the Minister?

2. What does the duty officer say about the records about the night Jim was shot?

3. What does Jim hate about the cigarette Karla gives him?

4. What does Guilliam do when he arrives at the safe house?

5. Whom does Karla mostly want information about from Jim?

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