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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students take part in the car-club race at the all-boys school?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 19.
(d) 6.

2. What does Tarr's wallpaper look like?
(a) Brown with red flowers.
(b) Blue with green flowers.
(c) White with black flowers.
(d) Yellow with orange flowers.

3. What does Bill think Jim must have problems with?
(a) His money.
(b) His wife.
(c) Authority.
(d) His back.

4. What does Smiley see in his house that lets him know Guilliam is there?
(a) An umbrella
(b) A briefcase.
(c) A coat.
(d) Car keys.

5. What is Ailsa's last name?
(a) Croft.
(b) Brimley.
(c) Braman.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who notices discrepancies regarding Merlin?

2. Whom is Guilliam's girlfriend married to?

3. What nickname do the schoolboys give to Jim?

4. Who in Operation Witchcraft does the translations?

5. Where does Smiley establish his operational headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lacon apologize to Smiley after he hears about the contents of Irina's diary?

2. What makes Bill Roach sick?

3. Why does Smiley think Merlin is in London?

4. Why does Tarr think should Irina should defect as soon as possible?

5. What does the memo that Smiley finds addressing J.P. Ribble say?

6. How does Bill Roach feel about himself as the novel opens?

7. Why does Tarr believe that Boris is a professional agent and not a trade delegate?

8. What does Guilliam tell Smiley about how British intelligence operates in his absence?

9. What does Smiley discover in nine reports that Guilliam brings him?

10. Why does Haydon tell Smiley to cut himself off from Control?

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