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

2. What does Bond warn Basildon, the chairman of Blades, that he may have to do while playing cards with Drax?
(a) Spill drinks on the furniture and floor.
(b) Lend money to Drax.
(c) Take a lot of money from Drax.
(d) Announce that he caught Drax cheating.

3. Who calls Bond on his red phone?
(a) His boss.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) His secretary.

4. How does Drax behave when he begins to win after losing the first round?
(a) Courteously.
(b) Impulsively.
(c) Carelessly.
(d) Obnoxiously.

5. Who does Drax compare Moonraker to when he says that launching Moonraker will be like committing murder?
(a) His mother.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His brother.
(d) His child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bond plan to do to build Drax's confidence when they play cards?

3. What does Drax hiring many Germans to work on Moonraker suggest?

4. What does Drax notice about Bond when Bond wants to end the card game?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Drax mean when he says firing Moonraker would be like committing murder?

4. How is it possible that Drax is not who he claims to be?

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

6. What does Bond learn about how the Moonraker rocket works from Professor Train, a physicist working on the rocket?

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

8. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

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

10. How is the Service involved in the project at Drax's Moonraker facility?

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