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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 Bond use to release Gala Brand's bindings as they are tied to chairs in Drax's office?

2. What happens to a car that tries to pass Drax's car as they speed to Moonraker?

3. How does Drax react when he hears the Prime Minister speak heroically about Moonraker on the radio?

4. When the announcer sees Drax and his crew head out to sea in a submarine, what does he assume?

5. What does Gala Brand realize she needs to do when she discovers Moonraker's target is the center of London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Brand when Krebs accuses her of being a spy while they are traveling to London?

2. How does the government plan to handle the incident involving Drax and Moonraker?

3. What is Brand's plan to save London from Moonraker after she talks Bond out of blowing up the rocket, thereby nearly killing both of them?

4. When Brand sees that she is very close to Buckingham Palace while in the room full of strange machines, what does she realize about Drax?

5. Why does Gala Brand think that Drax does not trust her?

6. What does Bond find strange about the information he reads in the files of the employees at the Moonraker facility?

7. What happens when Drax's company sells the British pound short?

8. When Drax questions Bond and Brand as Krebs threatens them with a blowtorch, why does Bond decide to tell Drax the truth?

9. What does Bond tell Drax his true motivation is for wanting to destroy London?

10. When Krebs regains consciousness after Bond finds him and knocks him out while he is searching Bond's room, what does he say when Bond questions him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

James Bond is both a participant and an observer in the story. Give an example of a situation where he is a participant, and an example of a situation where he is an observer. Is Bond more frequently a participant or an observer in the story? What makes you think this? Which situation affected him more--being a participant or an observer? How?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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