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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gala Brand report regarding the activity at the Moonraker facility?

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

3. What does James Bond expect Drax to do when Bond deals an excellent hand using his own deck of cards?

4. What is the target for the test launch of Moonraker?

5. What does Professor Train tell Bond makes Moonraker possible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bond's opinion of Gala Brand when he meets her at the Moonraker facility?

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

3. What does Bond find odd about the outward appearance of the German engineers who follow Drax away?

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

5. What type of atmosphere seems to pervade the Moonraker facility as Bond watches the men change shifts?

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

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

10. Why does the author focus more on character than on plot in Chapters 6 and 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Moonraker, how are the themes of rejection and revenge intertwined? Could one theme have been included without the other? Why or why not? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses foreshadowing throughout Moonraker. Give three examples of what you think are the most effective uses of foreshadowing in the story. Why are these examples most effective? Include in your answer what these events foreshadow.

Essay Topic 3

What is stronger in Moonraker--plot development or character development? Why? Give examples from the story to explain your answer. Do you think the author did this intentionally? Why or why not?

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