The Honourable Schoolboy Quiz

John le Carré

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Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 1, How the Circus Left Town, and Chapter 2, The Great Call

Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 3, Mr. George Smiley's Horse, and Chapter 4, The Castle Wakes

Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 5, A Walk in the Park, and Chapter 6, The Burning of Frost

Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 7, More About Horses, and Chapter 8, The Barons Confer

Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 9, Craw's Little Ship, and Chapter 10, Tea and Sympathy

Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 11, Shanghai Express, and Chapter 12, Resurrecting Ricardo

Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 13, Liese, and Chapter 14, The Eighth Day

Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 15, Siege Town, and Chapter 16, Friends of Charlie Marshall

Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 17, Ricardo, and Chapter 18, The River Bend

Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 19, Golden Thread, Chapter 20, Liese's Lover, Chapter 21, Nelson, and Chapter 22, Born Again

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The Honourable Schoolboy Quiz

The Honourable Schoolboy Quiz

What do the American agents in Part 1, Chapter 12 think is strange about Ricardo trying to sell them drugs? (from Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 11, Shanghai Express, and Chapter 12, Resurrecting Ricardo)

Who does Drake Ko name his boat after? (from Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 7, More About Horses, and Chapter 8, The Barons Confer)

Why doesn't Jerry hurt Smiley when he attacks him at Elizabeth's apartment? (from Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 19, Golden Thread, Chapter 20, Liese's Lover, Chapter 21, Nelson, and Chapter 22, Born Again)

How does Smiley feel about warning the Governor of Hong Kong in Part 1, Chapter 8? (from Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 7, More About Horses, and Chapter 8, The Barons Confer)

While at the Battambang airport, why does Jerry learns that flights to Phnom Penh were canceled? (from Part 2, Shaking the Tree: Chapter 15, Siege Town, and Chapter 16, Friends of Charlie Marshall)