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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 Viv throw at Sluggsy to keep him away?

2. Where does Sluggsy escort Bond and Viv?

3. What does Viv hide in her pants?

4. What does Horror tell Viv she should not have done?

5. What does Horror drive into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Viv react to the two men's criminal behavior?

2. How does Viv upset Sluggsy again at the end of the section?

3. Describe Horror's character.

4. How does bond react to Viv telling him there is no room in the motel?

5. How does Sluggsy force Viv to put down the chair?

6. How does Viv try to hide from Horror and Sluggsy?

7. Summarize the ninth section.

8. How does Bond defeat Sluggsy and Horror?

9. What does Viv see in the cupboard?

10. Summarize the sixth section.

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

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