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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. On what isle did Bloody Morgan hide his treasure?

2. What is stopping Bond from making love to Solitaire in this chapter?

3. What do the men claim to be building?

4. Where does Bond spend the night?

5. What is the man spraying into the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What background information does Strangways give Bond in Chapter 16?

2. How does Bond think Mr. Big has protected his island?

3. How does the final chapter open?

4. What does Bond learn from his research in Chapter 16?

5. What reason does Solitaire give for Mr. Big's power over the African-American community?

6. What does Leiter say happened to Bond's train cabin in Jacksonville?

7. How does Mr. Big plan to kill Bond and Solitaire?

8. What trouble does Bond encounter at the end of Chapter 11?

9. Who is Quarrel?

10. What does Bond learn about barracudas in Chapter 16?

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

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) Does Live and Let Die add any new elements to Bond's character? If so, what?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

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

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