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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 Smiley believe is the mole after hearing his voice?
(a) Haydon.
(b) Guilliam.
(c) Bland.
(d) Tarr.

2. Where do Smiley and Lacon meet the Minister?
(a) At a Circus safe house.
(b) At Smiley's hotel room.
(c) At Mendel's house.
(d) At Smiley's London house.

3. Where does Jim go at the end of the novel?
(a) Back to the Circus.
(b) Back to the all boys school.
(c) To be a mole in Russia.
(d) To a new school to teach.

4. Who is at the safe house at the beginning of Chapter 34?
(a) Jim.
(b) Guilliam.
(c) Toby.
(d) Smiley.

5. What is the name of the duty officer Smiley visits in Chapter 26?
(a) Sam.
(b) Alex.
(c) Joe.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mendel using to study Circus headquarters?

2. What color is the car that Jim is supposed to get into when he and Max work together?

3. Whom does Steve tell Tarr he needs to worry about?

4. Whom does the message from Alleline say Tarr should talk to?

5. What is the Minister most concerned about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Smiley think it is odd that Haydon said he did not know about Jim being shot?

2. What happens the first time Haydon and Jim meet?

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

4. What does Jim tell Max about their covers in preparation for their big mission?

5. Why does Smiley visit Haydon's girlfriend?

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

7. Why does Tarr hold the Paris contact at gunpoint?

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

9. What does Jim do when he sees Smiley at Thursgood's?

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

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