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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. How does Gala Brand treat Bond as they are walking on the beach?

2. How does Krebs refer to Drax as Gala Brand secretly listens?

3. What is the nationality of the audience Drax wants to tell his plans about Moonraker?

4. How does Bond feel when he realizes Gala Brand is late for their meeting after she travels to London with Drax?

5. Why does Gala Brand ask Drax to stop at a hotel as they travel to London?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Drax build Moonraker?

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

4. What does Brand realize about Moonraker's target?

5. How has Krebs, Drax's assistant, become a suspicious character in the story?

6. When Bond and Brand return to Drax's house after the rockslide on the beach, why is it significant that they see only three places set at the table for dinner?

7. Why is Bond angry with himself as he drives towards the Moonraker facility after realizing Brand is not meeting him for dinner?

8. What is the nature of the relationship between Bond and Brand as they are walking on the beach under the cliff where Moonraker is located?

9. Why is Brand trying to steal Drax's notebook from his coat pocket while they travel to London?

10. How is Drax mistaken for a British soldier during World War 2?

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

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 3

Identify the mood or feeling created by the story as a whole. How is this mood or feeling created? Be sure to consider setting as part of your answer.

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