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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 is the name of the song the radio is playing?

2. What does Viv compare Quebec to?

3. What kind of animal does Viv say she was before she met Kurt?

4. Which of the following types of films does the cinema not play?

5. What is the capital of New York state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Viv's relationship like with Mr. and Mrs. Phancey?

2. Why does Viv decide to move away from London?

3. What does Viv do for the two years after she breaks up with Derek?

4. How does Viv get a job at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court?

5. Summarize the first section.

6. How do Viv and Kurt become close?

7. Why does Viv's aunt not like the idea of Viv driving to Florida on a Vespa?

8. How does Kurt react when Viv tells him she is pregnant?

9. Describe Viv's final trip to Windsor.

10. What view does Viv now take of her failed romances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Bond books greatly influenced modern literature and in particular crime books. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 2

Is it a good idea that Viv works at the motel considering the abuse she gets from the Phanceys? In what way does Viv's acceptance of the position and the way she deals with Mr. Pahancey's show her newfound confidence? Is Viv overconfident?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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