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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 James Bond do when he gets to his desk after conversing with his secretary?
(a) Takes a nap.
(b) Returns phone calls.
(c) Cleans his revolver.
(d) Paperwork.

2. What is James Bond doing at the opening of the story?
(a) Talking to his secretary.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Practicing shooting.
(d) Playing golf.

3. Aside from a few experts, who will be allowed onsite when Moonraker is launched?
(a) Newspapaer journalists.
(b) A group of elected officials.
(c) A television crew.
(d) Air Force security officers.

4. What is Gala Brand's reaction when she is told that the man who kills Tallon also claimed to be in love with her?
(a) She had a relationship with the man who killed Tallon.
(b) She had no relationship with either man.
(c) She had a relationship with Tallon.
(d) She had relationships with both men.

5. What does the large blast wall protect?
(a) The house and the barracks.
(b) A neighboring industrial site.
(c) Moonraker.
(d) Drax's collection of antique cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James Bond's job when not on assignment?

2. Why does Bond think he will not live past the age of 45?

3. What does James Bond notice about Drax's behavior while he observes Drax playing cards?

4. Aside from Drax, who else explains the Moonraker facility to Bond as they dine together?

5. How does the second man working at Moonraker die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

2. What do we learn about M, Bond's boss, when they meet to discuss Hugo Drax?

3. Explain James Bond's plan to expose Drax's cheating when they play bridge at Blades after dinner.

4. Why is it suspicious that Drax hired fifty German engineers to work on Moonraker?

5. Describe the two extremes of James Bond's life.

6. What is the attitude of London's high society about cheating at cards?

7. Why does M want Bond to beat Drax at cards, even if Bond has to cheat?

8. What does Bond learn from the bartender about the murder at the bar involving the two men who worked at Drax's Moonraker facility?

9. What does Bond's response to reading reports indicate about his lifestyle preference?

10. What do we learn about Drax as he plays cards with James Bond?

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