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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. Where does Drax say Krebs will be when the Moonraker site is closed the day that Bond makes his recommendation to Drax about Krebs and Moonraker?

2. Why was Major Tallon murdered?

3. What is in the notebook that Gala Brand steals from Drax's coat pocket as they travel to London?

4. Where is Gala Brand when she awakens in a great deal of pain, when she is no longer in the room full of strange machines?

5. What is Gala Brand's reaction when she realizes that the warhead on Moonraker is an atomic bomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the people of England misled by Drax's speech on the radio, just before the launch of Moonraker?

2. How has Krebs, Drax's assistant, become a suspicious character in the story?

3. After Bond and Brand clear themselves from the rocks that fell on them while they were walking on the beach, what conclusions do they come to about the purpose of the rockslide?

4. What does the map Bond finds in his bedroom in Drax's house and Tallon's observation made prior to his murder have in common?

5. Why is Brand trying to steal Drax's notebook from his coat pocket while they travel to London?

6. When Brand sees that she is very close to Buckingham Palace while in the room full of strange machines, what does she realize about Drax?

7. What happens to Brand when Krebs accuses her of being a spy while they are traveling to London?

8. What does Bond tell Drax his true motivation is for wanting to destroy London?

9. Why does Drax build Moonraker?

10. What could be Drax's reasons for sending Bond and Brand away together from the Moonraker site?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Moonraker, we learn a great deal about James Bond.

1) List four adjectives that describe Bond's personality. Include an example from the story to explain each adjective.

2) What is a value or belief Bond has?

3) How does he act on this value or belief?

4) Does Bond change as the book progresses, and if so, how does he change? If his character remains the same, why do you think the author chose to characterize Bond in this way?

Essay Topic 2

James Bond is both a participant and an observer in the story. Give an example of a situation where he is a participant, and an example of a situation where he is an observer. Is Bond more frequently a participant or an observer in the story? What makes you think this? Which situation affected him more--being a participant or an observer? How?

Essay Topic 3

Name a character, other than the main characters, who is important to the story. Why is the character important? Could the story have been written without this character? Why or why not?

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