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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 says, "I'm very disappointed with you, young Peter."?
(a) Smiley.
(b) Tarr.
(c) Haydon.
(d) Alleline.

2. Who writes the reports in Operation Witchcraft?
(a) Bland.
(b) Alleline.
(c) Toby.
(d) Haydon.

3. What is the name of the Hong Kong agent that Tarr talks to about Irina?
(a) Thesinger.
(b) Lee.
(c) Karla.
(d) Gregor.

4. What country does one of Alleline's reports describe the purges and changes in?
(a) Austria.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Iran.
(d) Hungary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tarr find that Irina leaves him?

2. Why does Bland take a desk job in London?

3. What kind of car does Jim have?

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

5. Who is Aleks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tarr believe that Boris is a professional agent and not a trade delegate?

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

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

5. What does Smiley discover about Toby when studying the Operation Witchcraft financial figures?

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

7. Why does Alleline want to know if Guilliam has met with Tarr?

8. What does Irina confess to Tarr during their time in Hong Kong?

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

10. What does Irina's diary say?

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