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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who demands that their diplomatic status be respected during the bust at the safe house?
(a) Alleline.
(b) Bland.
(c) Haydon.
(d) Polykov.

2. Who says, "I've drawn a line. That's what they told me to do"?
(a) Jim.
(b) Smiley.
(c) Max.
(d) Bill.

3. What color is the car that Jim is supposed to get into when he and Max work together?
(a) Black.
(b) Navy.
(c) White.
(d) Silver.

4. Where in the chapel does Jim hide something?
(a) At the altar.
(b) In the podium.
(c) Under a pew.
(d) On top of the cross.

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

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

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

8. How does Ann's family refer to the Minister's car?
(a) The red bedpan.
(b) The black bedpan.
(c) The white bedpan.
(d) The gold bedpan.

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

10. What is the Minister most concerned about?
(a) How Smiley and Ann are doing.
(b) How Jim will avoid the Czechs.
(c) How big the scandal will be with the mole.
(d) How he will avoid being fired.

11. Who are the documents about that Smiley receives at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Jim.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Mendel.

12. Why does Smiley want to see Ann at the end of the novel?
(a) To tell her of Haydon's death.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To sign divorce papers.
(d) To tell her he loves her.

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

14. Who says, "I can't think, I'm so furious"?
(a) Smiley.
(b) The Minister.
(c) Toby.
(d) Thursgood.

15. Who says, "I won't have bloodshed. I want absolute calm"?
(a) Lacon.
(b) Guilliam.
(c) Smiley.
(d) Tarr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim take for pain after treating his wound?

3. What excuse does Jim use to get out of work?

4. Who does Smiley tell the Minister they need to stop negotiating with?

5. What sort of cover does Jim have when he and Max work together?

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