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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) A gambling club.
(b) James Bond's office.
(c) A shooting range.
(d) A golf course.

2. What emotional reaction does Drax have when he loses after Bond deals from his own deck?
(a) Good-natured acceptance
(b) Envy.
(c) Rage.
(d) Fear.

3. What is Bond's initial reaction when Drax says that firing Moonraker will be like committing murder?
(a) Bond is sympathetic.
(b) Bond is appalled.
(c) Bond ignores the comment.
(d) Bond is puzzled.

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

5. Aside from Drax, who else explains the Moonraker facility to Bond as they dine together?
(a) Dr. Walter.
(b) Willy Krebs.
(c) Egon Bartsh.
(d) Professor Train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Commissioner Vallance want Bond to do regarding Gala Brand?

2. To what is being inside the rocket compared?

3. What does Drax tease Dr. Walter about?

4. Why is columbite so valuable?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

2. Explain how Bond beats Drax at cards after Bond signals M.

3. Why does Bond become nervous when he agrees to play cards with Drax for the club limit?

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

5. Why does Bond not worry about saving money?

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

7. What does Bond wonder about the German engineers he is introduced to who then follow Drax away?

8. What is Bond's attitude about his new assignment and Drax?

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

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

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