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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guilliam do when he arrives at the safe house?

2. In what year does Haydon receive Soviet citizenship?

3. Where do Smiley and Max go to talk?

4. What does Karla show Jim when they talk about Smiley?

5. Where do Smiley and Lacon meet the Minister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jim goes back to Thursgood's?

2. What do Smiley and Guilliam do when they arrive at the safe house in Chapter 36?

3. How do all the men say goodbye to each other after Haydon is revealed as the mole?

4. Why does Smiley tell Sercombe they must stop the negotiations with the Americans about the secret annex on Witchcraft?

5. What is the code that Jim and Control worked out to figure out who the mole is?

6. Why does Smiley go to meet Ann?

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

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

9. How does Smiley confront Haydon and Polyakov?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the character Jerry. How does the author portray Jerry? How does the narrator characterize him? How does Jerry interact with Smiley? What new information does his conversation with Smiley reveal? How does he help to move the story's plot along? Do you think his job as a journalist is significant? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Look at the struggles Smiley goes through in hunting the mole. What challenges does he face? How does he overcome these challenges? What does his ability to find the mole say about him?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the relationship between Smiley and Jim. Why do you think Jim wanted to get his gun when he saw Smiley come to the school? What kind of history do they seem to have? Do they work well together? How does the author use Jim to reveal more about Smiley? Why do you think the author waits so long in the narrative to pair them together?

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