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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Haydon receive Soviet citizenship?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1964.

2. How many photographs does Smiley pull out his coat pocket when he and Jim are in the motel room?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

3. Who says, "I won't be quoted, George."?
(a) Toby.
(b) Lacon.
(c) The Minister.
(d) Mendel.

4. How is Miss Aaronson described?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Small and round.
(c) Old and ugly.
(d) Young and vibrant.

5. What is the Minister most concerned about?
(a) How big the scandal will be with the mole.
(b) How Jim will avoid the Czechs.
(c) How he will avoid being fired.
(d) How Smiley and Ann are doing.

6. Why does Smiley want to see Ann at the end of the novel?
(a) To sign divorce papers.
(b) To kill her.
(c) To tell her of Haydon's death.
(d) To tell her he loves her.

7. What does Toby accuse Jerry of doing?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) Being too violent.
(c) Being an instigator.
(d) Being a womanizer.

8. Where is Haydon being interrogated?
(a) Sarratt.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) London.
(d) Cambridge.

9. Where in the chapel does Jim hide something?
(a) In the podium.
(b) On top of the cross.
(c) At the altar.
(d) Under a pew.

10. Where do Smiley and Max go to talk?
(a) Hamstead.
(b) Yardley.
(c) Moseley.
(d) Saltley.

11. Who is Tinker?
(a) Bland.
(b) Toby.
(c) Haydon.
(d) Alleline.

12. What does Bill think about Jim's gun at the end of Chapter 39?
(a) That he will tell the headmaster about it.
(b) That he would like to shoot it.
(c) That he is not sure what it is.
(d) That he dreamed it.

13. When will the men meet at the safe house again to give Polyakov time to consult his superiors?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) A week.

14. Who leaves the safe house without saying goodbye to anyone?
(a) Polyakov.
(b) Bland.
(c) Smiley.
(d) Jim.

15. How does Haydon die?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) Stab wound.
(c) Broken neck.
(d) Thrown off a bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Millie's last name?

2. What does the duty officer say about the records about the night Jim was shot?

3. What does Jerry receive from Toby that he shows to Smiley?

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

5. What street does Smiley live on?

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