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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man who killed Tallon shout before killing himself?
(a) "Auf Wiedersehen!"
(b) "Sturm und Drang!"
(c) "Heil Hitler!"
(d) "Sig Heil!"

2. How does Drax react when he deals an excellent hand to Bond?
(a) Drax does not bid.
(b) Drax wants to end the game.
(c) Drax emits a sinister laugh.
(d) Drax accuses Bond of cheating.

3. What does the red diamond on the map represent?
(a) The center of London.
(b) Moonraker's present location.
(c) The location of the largest columbite deposit.
(d) Moonraker's target.

4. How does M know Hugo Drax?
(a) Drax and M belong to the same gambling club.
(b) Drax and M belong to the same golf club.
(c) Drax is M's brother-in-law.
(d) Drax and M were college roommates.

5. What is the setting at the beginning of the story?
(a) James Bond's office.
(b) A golf course.
(c) A shooting range.
(d) A gambling club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James Bond do when he gets to his desk after conversing with his secretary?

2. How does Drax speak of his project, the rocket Moonraker?

3. What is Bond's condition when he arrives at his office the morning after his card game with Drax?

4. What does Bond learn about sabotage to Moonraker?

5. How do the men respond to the shift change when they hear the signal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond learn about how the Moonraker rocket works from Professor Train, a physicist working on the rocket?

2. How is it possible that Drax is not who he claims to be?

3. How does Bond connect Drax's behavior at the card game with his behavior at Moonraker?

4. Explain how Bond beats Drax at cards after Bond signals M.

5. Why does Bond not worry about saving money?

6. What does Bond learn from the bartender about the murder at the bar involving the two men who worked at Drax's Moonraker facility?

7. What do we learn about M, Bond's boss, when they meet to discuss Hugo Drax?

8. Why does M want Bond to beat Drax at cards, even if Bond has to cheat?

9. When Bond meets Gala Brand at the Moonraker facility, what is her reaction to him?

10. Why does Drax's identity and life arouse suspicion?

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