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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 realize she needs to do when she discovers Moonraker's target is the center of London?

2. What don't Drax and Krebs realize as Gala Brand is tied to a chair?

3. After Bond clears the rock from him and Gala Brand, what does Bond fear caused the rock slide?

4. What does Bond decide to do about Gala Brand after his phone call?

5. What are the immediate consequences of Bond's plan to save London form Moonraker?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Drax build Moonraker?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. How does Bond handle the situation when he discovers that Brand has a fiancé?

10. Although the rockslide that almost killed Bond and Brand occurred at the Moonraker site, what does Bond believe about the possibility of the Moonraker launch being postponed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Moonraker, several situations require duty and sacrifice by one or more characters. Choose a character that is affected by duty and sacrifice, and explain how it affects that character and the plot of the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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