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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. What does Judy give Bond before proceeding with her plan?
(a) A locket to remember her by.
(b) A whistle.
(c) Her hunting knife.
(d) The self-congratulatory smile of a woman who's had the last word.

2. How does Bond lure the assassin to him?
(a) Bond learns the spies' secret password.
(b) Bond takes the assassin's cohort hostage.
(c) Bond imitates the sound of a motorcycle engine.
(d) Bond disguises himself as a Royal Corps of Signals dispatch-rider.

3. Why does the assassin wait until he is twenty yards away to shoot the rider?
(a) The assassin's gun is not very powerful.
(b) The assassin has bad eyesight.
(c) The assassin doesn't trust himself.
(d) The assassin wants to create a safety margin for himself.

4. Why does Bond dislike Nassau?
(a) The flight is too long.
(b) Everyone is dishonest.
(c) The weather is too hot.
(d) Everyone is too rich.

5. What does Bond drink in this chapter?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Gin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bond spend the night before departing for Echo Lake?

2. Who does Mrs. Havelock call "the most dreadful show-offs"?

3. Why is Bond in Nassau?

4. How does Bond discover Judy Havelock's identity?

5. What must the members of a couple preserve in order to survive adversity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bond's first meeting with Judy Havelock.

2. What brings Bond to Nassau?

3. What is the nature of Bond's displeasure with his flight to Montreal?

4. Describe the appearance of the assassin in the first chapter of the book.

5. Describe the place Bond discovers the spies to be hiding.

6. What comes of Rhoda's relationship with Tattersall?

7. What equipment does Johns recommend Bond acquire for his mission?

8. What is a "crash dive"?

9. What does M mean when he says that every man in the fleet knows what to do except the commanding admiral?

10. Describe the first meeting of Phillip Masters and Rhoda Llewellyn.

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