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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 happens to one of the men from Bond's office who is on assignment?
(a) He is convicted of treason.
(b) He is seriously injured.
(c) He is killed.
(d) He receives a promotion over Bond.

2. What is the purpose of the meeting between M and James Bond?
(a) Bond asks for a raise in salary.
(b) M asks Bond for a personal favor.
(c) M reprimands Bond for falling behind on paperwork.
(d) Bond demands a new assignment.

3. What does Bond tell M he will do to let M know that he will do all the bidding in the card game with Drax?
(a) Say, "The night is going quickly."
(b) Pull a handkerchief from his pocket.
(c) Take off his jacket.
(d) Light a cigarette.

4. What does James Bond decide to invest the rest of his money in after buying personal items with his card game winnings?
(a) Columbite.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Gold.
(d) Moonraker.

5. What does Drax tell James Bond when Bond and M sit down to play cards with Drax?
(a) Drax jokes that he has four aces up his sleeve.
(b) Drax says Bond should be careful.
(c) Drax warns Bond that there is no room at the table for cheaters.
(d) Drax wants to take all of Bond's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Commissioner Vallance want Bond to do regarding Gala Brand?

2. What is the setting at the beginning of the story?

3. What does Basildon tell Drax when Drax accuses Bond of cheating?

4. What emotional reaction does Drax have when he loses after Bond deals from his own deck?

5. Why does James Bond immediately agree to play bridge with Drax when he challenges Bond and M to a game after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the consequences if Drax is caught cheating at cards?

2. What is the reaction of Basildon, the chair of the club, when Bond confirms that Drax is cheating at cards?

3. What do we learn about James Bond based on his feelings about his shooting lesson results?

4. Why is it suspicious that Drax hired fifty German engineers to work on Moonraker?

5. Explain James Bond's plan to expose Drax's cheating when they play bridge at Blades after dinner.

6. Why does Bond become nervous when he agrees to play cards with Drax for the club limit?

7. Explain how Hugo Drax acquired his identity during World War II.

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

9. Explain the presence of Gala Brand.

10. What is Bond's opinion of Gala Brand when he meets her at the Moonraker facility?

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