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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 the name of the man Haydon and Jim talk to when they meet?

2. What excuse does Jim use to get out of work?

3. What does Smiley think about Haydon while he travels to meet Ann?

4. Why is the duty officer fired?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As part of their agreement about the mission, what is Max supposed to do if Jim does not show up after getting in the car?

4. Describe the letter Haydon writes to Fanshawe.

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

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

7. Why does Smiley visit Haydon's girlfriend?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the relationship between Tarr and Irina. How does their relationship drive the story's plot? What do you think Tarr and Irina see in each other? Why do you think Tarr is so concerned with helping Irina? Why is it important that he break procedure to help her?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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