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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 does Connie teach?

2. Where is the scalp hunters' headquarters?

3. What is the name of Guilliam's girlfriend?

4. What is the name of the teacher Jim steals from?

5. Who does Lacon want to investigate the possibility of there being a mole inside British intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim react when a stranger comes to Thursgood's?

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

3. Why is the Matron worried about Bill Roach?

4. What happens to Connie when she tries to investigate Polyakov?

5. What does Irina confess to Tarr during their time in Hong Kong?

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

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

8. Why is Guilliam not suspected of committing any breaches while in the archives?

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

10. Why is Smiley suspicious about Tarr during their conversation in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does Connie Sachs play in the story? What purpose does she serve? How does she help move the narrative of the story along? Why do you think Smiley puts so much trust in her? How do you think the story would be different without her?

Essay Topic 2

How does Haydon betray the people he works with? What are his motives for betraying British intelligence? Does he ever seem remorseful about what he has done? Use examples from the text to support your answers.

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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