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

2. Why does M want James Bond to check up on Drax?
(a) Drax is working with the government to build Moonraker.
(b) Drax made some suspicious comments to M about national security.
(c) Drax told M he has been receiving threats on his life.
(d) Drax has been missing for several months.

3. Who does Bond talk to at the bar about the deaths of the two Moonraker employees?
(a) A waitress.
(b) The cook.
(c) The bartender.
(d) A busboy.

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

5. What does Drax notice about Bond when Bond wants to end the card game?
(a) He thinks Bond looks nervous.
(b) He thinks Bond looks overconfident.
(c) He thinks Bond looks tired.
(d) He thinks Bond is drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the rocket's weaponry does Drax show to Bond?

2. What method does Drax use to tell his workers apart?

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

4. What does Bond learn about sabotage to Moonraker?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Bond arrives at the Moonraker facility and spends time with Drax, what happens to Bond's opinion of Drax?

2. What do we learn about James Bond based on his feelings about his shooting lesson results?

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

4. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

5. What is the reaction of Basildon, the chair of the club, when Bond confirms that Drax is cheating at cards?

6. Explain how Hugo Drax acquired his identity during World War II.

7. How does Bond connect Drax's behavior at the card game with his behavior at Moonraker?

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

9. Why does Drax's identity and life arouse suspicion?

10. When Bond meets Gala Brand at the Moonraker facility, what is her reaction to him?

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