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

2. What color does Max wear when he and Smiley meet?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

3. Who is Steve?
(a) The Russia contact.
(b) The Ireland contact.
(c) The China contact.
(d) The Paris contact.

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

5. Why does Max no longer for the Circus?
(a) He moved to a different operation.
(b) He was demoted.
(c) He was promoted.
(d) He was fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Haydon receive Soviet citizenship?

2. What does Bill think about Jim's gun at the end of Chapter 39?

3. Who does Steve say Tarr always thought he was?

4. Where does Smiley travel to see Ann?

5. What kind of car does Smiley arrive to visit Jim in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim consider fleeing from the school where he works?

2. Why does Smiley find it odd that Jim does not back of the Brno mission?

3. What is the Minister concerned about in Chapter 33?

4. What happens when Jerry tells Toby about the story a man in Prague tells him about Jim?

5. How does Smiley figure out who the mole is?

6. Why does Smiley visit Haydon's girlfriend?

7. After Jim is caught, what does he plan to tell his interrogators?

8. Why does Smiley tell Lacon that it would be unwise to meet at his room in Whitehall?

9. What does Smiley tell Toby at the safe house is the only thing he wants to know about?

10. What does Smiley tell Jerry as they part in Chapter 28?

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