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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. Which of the following questions does Tiffany ask Bond?

2. What does Tiffany send Bond from the kitchen?

3. Where does Bond have to make the payoff to the jockey?

4. Which man does Fleming say is younger than he looks?

5. Why does everyone expect the man to choose the high end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the two hoodlums do to the jockey?

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

3. How does Leither help Bond and Tiffany?

4. Why is Bond suspicious of the two men?

5. How does Bond win his money?

6. How does the attendant prepare bond's mud bath?

7. What do Bond and Leiter do at the track on the first evening?

8. How does Tiffany impress Bond?

9. What amuses Bond about the hotel?

10. What do Earnest Cureo and Bond decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fleming represent American mobsters? Is Fleming's representation of American mobsters is accurate? What part did American mobsters play in American society in the fifties? How have America tried to control the activities of American mobsters?

Essay Topic 2

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there any characters 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

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?

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