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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 is Bond ordered to fly?

2. Where are Bond and Solitaire in this final chapter?

3. Whose is the only private business in St. Petersburg to own a shark?

4. For what do the police search the Isle of Surprise?

5. How does Bond get into the Robber's store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Quarrel?

2. What reason does Solitaire give for Mr. Big's power over the African-American community?

3. What does Leiter say happened to Bond's train cabin in Jacksonville?

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

5. What does Bond learn about the Robber from the local fish expert in Chapter 15?

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

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

8. What has happened to Mr. Big and his Mafia group?

9. What problems ensue when a black taxi driver spies Solitaire in Chapter 13?

10. How does Bond plan to escape the train in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationship between Britain and America in theFfifties.

1) How did Britain cope with the success and their own decline? Was Britain's relationship with America in theFfifties entirely satisfactory?

2) How does Fleming express the relationship between Britain and America? Is this a true reflection?

Essay Topic 2

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and, in particular, crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it, and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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