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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 mud box shaped like?

2. What do Bond and Leiter meet for?

3. What are the two hoodlums wearing over their heads?

4. Who does Bond go for a ride with at the start of the chapter?

5. How does Bond set the pursuing car alight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is Bond situation more precarious than he first thought?

3. How do the gangsters catch Bond?

4. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

5. What do the two men look like?

6. What problems does Bond cause himself by playing roulette?

7. Describe the battle between Bond and his pursuers.

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

9. What amuses Bond about the hotel?

10. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Fleming's writing style. How would you describe Fleming's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Fleming's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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