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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. Who holds Steve at gunpoint?

2. What is the Minister's name?

3. What sort of cover does Jim have when he and Max work together?

4. Where do Smiley and Lacon meet the Minister?

5. Where does Jim go at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Smiley confront Haydon and Polyakov?

7. Why does Toby help Smiley?

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

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

10. Why does Smiley visit Sam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Toby and Roy. How are they alike? How are they different? What is their relationship like? How does each one drive the plot? How would the story be different without each one?

Essay Topic 2

What role does Karla play in the story? Do you think he is the true villain of the story? Why or why not? How do people talk about him? Why is it important that he never actually appears in present time line of the story, and he is only referred to in the recollections of others?

Essay Topic 3

Explore Smiley's dedication to British intelligence. Why do you think he goes back to help the Circus find the mole? Why do you think he goes to back to head the Circus temporarily after the ordeal is over? What does this decision say about him? What do you think will happen when he goes back?

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