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

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

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

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

5. Whom does the message from Alleline say Tarr should talk to?
(a) Steve.
(b) Ann.
(c) Control.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tinker?

2. Who is the letter that Smiley finds from Haydon addressed to?

3. What color does Max wear when he and Smiley meet?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jim manage to leave the school where he works?

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

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

5. Why does Smiley go to meet Ann?

6. What does Mendel report to Smiley when he is watching Circus headquarters in Chapter 35?

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. Why does Toby help Smiley?

10. Why does Smiley visit Sam?

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