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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 Domino's brother?

2. What does Bond wound the man with?

3. Where does Bond wake up?

4. Whose identification does Bond show Domino?

5. Waht does Bond notice about Domino in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Leiter been called back to work for the CIA

2. What does Bond use as his cover when he investigates Leiter's boat?

3. What does Leiter work out about Count Lippe?

4. What does Bond think the criminals plan to do?

5. Why is Bond concerned Largo will do if he knows they have detected him?

6. Why does Largo kill the Russian agent?

7. How does Largo torture Domino?

8. What does Bond discover under the tarp?

9. How does Bond defeat the guard in Chapter 16?

10. What important information does Domino divulge in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1965 Thunderball was made into a film starring Sean Connery. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 40 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 their similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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