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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. Who wakes Bond up at the beginning of this section?

2. What is the names of the two hoodlums?

3. How does Bond set the pursuing car alight?

4. What does Bond smell when the door to the mud baths open?

5. What is the mud box shaped like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

2. How does Leither help Bond and Tiffany?

3. Why is Shy Smile disqualified?

4. What do Bond and Tiffany say to each other on their dinner date?

5. How does Leiter help Bond out at the end of the chapter?

6. How does Shady Tree say Bond can get his money?

7. What problems do Bond and Tiffany face as they make their way to the nearest town?

8. How does Leiter think the jockey wants to throw the race?

9. What amuses Bond about the hotel?

10. What is Bond worried about doing at the end of the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the relationship between Britain and America in the Fifties.

1) How did Britain cope with Americas success and their own decline? Was Britain's relationship with America in the Fifties entirely satisfactory?

2) How does Fleming express the relationship between Britain and America? Is this a true reflection?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interactions with each other?

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