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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 is Jerry's last name?

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

3. Who does Haydon want to question him when being interrogated?

4. How does Ann's family refer to the Minister's car?

5. Where does Smiley travel to see Ann?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Smiley confront Haydon and Polyakov?

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

7. What does Smiley figure out that Karla wanted from Jim?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the use of names, nicknames, and code names in the novel. Cite three names where names play a large role in the novel and explain what the names might represent based on your reading of the text.

Essay Topic 2

How does Haydon betray the people he works with? What are his motives for betraying British intelligence? Does he ever seem remorseful about what he has done? Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Martindale's story that Control is not actually dead? Why is it important that Smiley does not believe it for a second? What are his reasons for not believing the story? What does it say about him that he refuses to believe the story? Is it significant that Martindale seemed to believe it until he realized Smiley did not?

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