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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. Where do Jim and Haydon meet, according to a letter from Haydon?

2. Where is Haydon being interrogated?

3. Who breaks up with his girlfriend at the end of Chapter 32?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Smiley go to meet Ann?

3. Why does Toby help Smiley?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Haydon say he had an affair with Ann?

10. Why does Smiley find it odd that Jim does not back of the Brno mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Peter Guilliam play in the story? How does he help Smiley find the moles? What does it signify that he does everything Smiley tells him to do, including breaching procedures? Do you think it is important that his father was a spy for the British?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the character Bill Roach. Why do you think he plays such a large role in Jim's part of the story? What does he represent? Do you think it is important that he share a first name with Haydon?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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