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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. What does Bond learn from the waiter?

2. Where does Bond throw the Henchman?

3. Where will Bond and Leiter fly to from St. Petersburg, Florida?

4. From where was the $1000 taken?

5. Where is Solitaire waiting for Bond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Mr. Big leads Bond and Leiter into a trap.

2. What danger does Bond find himself in in Chapter 3?

3. What does Mr. Big order his men to do at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Describe Bond's meeting with Hollaran at the airport.

5. Describe the meeting between Solitiare and Bond.

6. Describe the conversation between Mr. Big and Bond.

7. Who spots Bond getting onto the train?

8. Describe Mr. Big.

9. What does the Whisper do after Bond and Leiter have been told Mr. Big is at the Boneyard Bar?

10. Why does Mr. Big have so much control over the African-American community?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Live and Let Die is written in the third person. Why do you think Fleming chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Live and Let Die add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

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