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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 Bond believe is on board Largo's boat?

2. What does the waiter cut the martinis with?

3. What word does Bond use to test Largo?

4. Whose identification does Bond show Domino?

5. Which of Largo's companions does Leiter recognize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bond and Leiter think are the most likely targets for the bombs?

2. How does Bond help Domino in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

6. What plan do Leiter and Bond decide upon in Chapter 20?

7. Why does Largo kill the Russian agent?

8. What do Leiter and Bond see when they take a closer look at the sharks?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Fleming use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between barracudas and sharks? When and how can sharks be dangerous? What position do sharks hold in popular culture?

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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