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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the target for the test launch of Moonraker?
(a) An abandoned shack in the desert.
(b) An unused satellite orbiting the earth.
(c) A homing beacon in the sea.
(d) A crater on the moon.

2. What is Drax's part in building Moonraker?
(a) He owns the company which transports the parts.
(b) He is the sole possessor of a mechanism which guides Moonraker to its destination.
(c) He is the head scientist on the project.
(d) He is funding the rocket.

3. What does Drax tease Dr. Walter about?
(a) His ability to calculate complex mathematical equations quickly.
(b) His constant worrying.
(c) His relaxed attitude.
(d) His photographic memory.

4. Where do Bond and Drax go when Drax walks back to Bond after introducing him to the engineers?
(a) The mess hall.
(b) Blades.
(c) Drax's office.
(d) Bond's quarters.

5. What does Drax do with his money in London?
(a) Lives extravagantly.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Invests it in securities.
(d) Donates it.

6. What does Bond learn about sabotage to Moonraker?
(a) It would be easy.
(b) Moonraker is sabotage-proof.
(c) If Moonraker is sabotaged, it could go off course and kill thousands of people.
(d) There have already been several attempts to sabotage Moonraker.

7. Why is the facility housing the Moonraker rocket so quiet?
(a) The workers are intent on their work.
(b) Drax has prohibited noise of any kind.
(c) The facility is equipped with sound-dampening mechanisms.
(d) The workers have gone for the day.

8. What does James Bond expect Drax to do when Bond deals an excellent hand using his own deck of cards?
(a) Complain to the club chairman.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Make a high bet.
(d) Become suspicious.

9. What method does Drax use to tell his workers apart?
(a) Each worker has a different beard.
(b) Each worker has a different mustache.
(c) Each worker has a different hairstyle.
(d) Each worker has a different uniform.

10. What does Professor Train tell Bond makes Moonraker possible?
(a) Sea water.
(b) German engineering.
(c) Heat.
(d) Columbite.

11. What is the setting at the beginning of the story?
(a) A golf course.
(b) A gambling club.
(c) A shooting range.
(d) James Bond's office.

12. What method does Drax use to cheat at cards?
(a) Someone across the room is signaling Drax.
(b) Drax is counting cards.
(c) Marked cards.
(d) Using a silver cigarette case as a mirror.

13. What is Bond's initial feeling about working with a new department?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is receptive.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is uncomfortable.

14. What conclusion about Drax does James Bond come to as he thinks about him after stopping the activity at his desk?
(a) Drax is harmless.
(b) Drax is power hungry.
(c) Drax is losing his fortune.
(d) Drax is hiding something.

15. How does Bond respond when Drax convinces him to continue the card game?
(a) Bond looks Drax directly in the eye.
(b) Bond asks the club chairman for an advance.
(c) Bond signals to M.
(d) Bond disagrees with the terms set by Drax for the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the red diamond on the map represent?

2. How many assignments does Bond get in a year?

3. What does James Bond do when he gets to his desk after conversing with his secretary?

4. How do the engineers who Drax introduces Bond to react to him?

5. What does Bond tell M he will do to let M know that he will do all the bidding in the card game with Drax?

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