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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One - Monday, Chapter 6 - Cards with a Stranger; Chapter 7 - The Quickness of the Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does M choose James Bond to play cards with Drax?
(a) Bond is the best card player in the service.
(b) Bond has a vendetta to settle with Drax.
(c) Bond and Drax have never met.
(d) Bond will not publicly reveal Drax's cheating.

2. Why does James Bond immediately agree to play bridge with Drax when he challenges Bond and M to a game after dinner?
(a) The game will give Bond a chance to discover how Drax is cheating.
(b) Bond wants to try his own cheating methods.
(c) Bond wants to examine Drax's physical features more closely.
(d) Bond knows how Drax cheats.

3. How does Drax behave when he begins to win after losing the first round?
(a) Carelessly.
(b) Obnoxiously.
(c) Impulsively.
(d) Courteously.

4. What is columbite?
(a) A type of ore.
(b) The name of the rocket Drax is building.
(c) A type of poisonous flower.
(d) A type of gem.

5. Why does M say it is odd that Drax would cheat at cards?
(a) Drax is a multimillionaire.
(b) Drax is an excellent card player.
(c) Drax cheats his friends.
(d) Drax worries about his reputation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the meeting between M and James Bond?

2. What is James Bond doing at the opening of the story?

3. How does Bond respond when Drax convinces him to continue the card game?

4. What word would Bond use to describe reading reports?

5. How does Drax react when he deals an excellent hand to Bond?

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