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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. Why does Anakin want to build a star fighter?

2. What does Sebulba do to Anakin's Podracer?

3. What does Anakin think is the reason the Jedi are on Tatooine?

4. How does Qui-Gon convince Watto to go along with his plan?

5. Where are the Queen and her forces sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Anakin racing?

2. What is one of the tricks of being a successful slave and what are Anakin's secrets?

3. What happens in the bongo after the lights come back on and how does Qui-Gon handle the crisis?

4. Why is Anakin an unusual Podracer and how does he make up for it?

5. What does Nute Gunray do when the Jedi Knights come aboard his ship and what is he ordered to do?

6. Why does Anakin lose his race and what happens when he does?

7. What does Qui-Gon think about the blockade around Naboo?

8. How does Qui-Gon see Jar Jar and how does Obi-Wan feel about it?

9. Why is Watto angry with Anakin and what happens?

10. What does Anakin find out when he examines the engines of the Podracer and how does Watto usually like to get parts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anakin makes a conscious decision to play the Good Samaritan, and look after this fallen human being, part of a group reviled by Anakin's own society. A careful reader will quickly realize that the significance of this incident rests in the change it works on Anakin, making him realize through a life experience that there may be more to other human beings than their superficial exterior and their reputation among one's own kind.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. How do you think this statement might be used in the problems in modern America and people who are discriminated against?

3. Write a short scene of what you would do if you came across in injured person whom you did not like.

Essay Topic 2

"In this life you're often born one thing and die another. You don't have to accept that what you're given when you come in is all you'll have when you leave."

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What do you want to be though you were not born that person?

3. What do you think you have to overcome in your life in order to leave the legacy you want?

Essay Topic 3

The author has laden an insight about life that underlies many of the thematic threads of The Phantom Menace - the fact that exterior appearance does not necessarily indicate the intrinsic value of human beings, and in the case of science fiction, alien life forms as well.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Describe a time when you or someone you know of, has thought one thing about a person and then was proven wrong after getting to know the person.

3. How does the statement above relate to the clique "you can't tell a book by its cover?"

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