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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 did the men claim to be there to catch?

2. Behind what is Mr. Big going to drag Bond and Solitaire?

3. What Florida city does Mr. Big phone?

4. What catches Bond by the ankle?

5. Who is on the stretcher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the fisherman who tries to get on the island where Mr Big's men are working?

2. What does Bond learn from his research in Chapter 16?

3. What does Bond learn about barracudas in Chapter 16?

4. How does the final chapter open?

5. What equipment does Bond have to take underwater with him?

6. Describe Bond's fight with the octopus.

7. What does Bond attach to one of the yachts?

8. Why can Bond not make love to Solitaire in Chapter 11?

9. Describe Bond's problem with the hospital in Chapter 14.

10. What is Mr. Big's excuse for being on the island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are characters that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay revolving around the following statement: Fleming's portrayal of a black criminal underworld shows a western society fearful of a black culture becoming increasingly free to express itself.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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