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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. According to the story Bond tells M, when Bond was first found, what did he think he was?

2. According to Scaramanga's file, when did Scaramanga begin his "career"?

3. When Bond finds a bug in his room, where is the bug hidden?

4. As Bond waits for his connecting flight in the Kingston airport, how long has he been chasing after Scaramanga?

5. What is the headline of Bond's horoscope in the paper he purchases from the shop in the Kingston airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary Goodnight insist on accompanying Bond to Savannah La Mar?

2. How does the manager of 3 ½ Love Lane react when she hears footsteps on the stairs above?

3. What does the message say that Bond finds at the display stand in the Kingston airport?

4. Why does the wine committee at M's lunchtime restaurant stock wine that is not allowed to be on the restaurant's wine list?

5. Why is the paper Bond purchases from the shop at the Kingston airport one of his favorites?

6. According to the briefing Bond gets from Head of Station J's secretary, why is it in Cuba's best interest to disrupt the Jamaican sugar crop?

7. What event did the beginning of Scaramanga's career coincide with?

8. According to the Chief Security Officer, what was always odd to him about James Bond's death?

9. Why does the girl who manages 3 ½ Love Lane go by such an unusual name?

10. Why did the Hard Man lose his job as a police superintendent before coming to work for the Ministry of Defense?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book is entitled, "The Man with the Golden Gun". Why did the author choose this title? How does the title foreshadow the events that unfold in the story, the struggles of both the protagonist and the antagonist, and the determination of James Bond to end up on top?

Essay Topic 2

Several times in the story, Bond is helped by other people in order to move forward in both his investigation into Scaramanga and in his personal life.

a. Identify at least three times in the story in which Bond reaches out for help.

b. Compare and contrast each of these events in terms of the situation Bond is trying to understand, the effect of his asking for help, and the situation that immediately follows this time.

c. How might Bond's actions have impacted the story's plot if he hadn't reached out for help from others?

Essay Topic 3

Fleming uses this story to examine the role that truth plays in our daily lives. Examine the author's beliefs through his storytelling. Why would the author choose this story to overlay his demonstration of the consequences realized when the truth is distorted or hidden? What did you learn from the author's discussion on truth? What other avenues, if any, could the author have used to express his beliefs? Would those avenues have been as effective as the story? Why or why not?

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