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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jim have tracing Mendel's steps?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) Other teachers.
(c) Thursgood.
(d) His students.

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

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

4. What does Bill see that scares him?
(a) Jim stealing another teacher's lunch money.
(b) Jim loading a gun.
(c) Smiley following Jim.
(d) Jim being shot.

5. What is the name of Guilliam's girlfriend?
(a) Camilla.
(b) Dotty.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Ronda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who questions Tarr and wants to know why he suddenly showed up?

2. What name is Karla using when he is arrested?

3. Why does Bill become physically ill?

4. To whom does Irina tell Tarr she needs to speak?

5. What does Smiley see in his house that lets him know Guilliam is there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lacon become upset with Smiley in Chapter 15?

2. Why does Tarr think should Irina should defect as soon as possible?

3. How does Jim react when a stranger comes to Thursgood's?

4. What does Guilliam learn about the annexes during his run at the archives?

5. Why does Smiley think Merlin is in London?

6. What does Guilliam tell Smiley about how British intelligence operates in his absence?

7. How does Bill Roach feel about himself as the novel opens?

8. What does Smiley discover in nine reports that Guilliam brings him?

9. Why does Lacon apologize to Smiley after he hears about the contents of Irina's diary?

10. What happens to Connie when she tries to investigate Polyakov?

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