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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. What are two secrets Anakin has kept from Watto?

2. What does the word navigate mean?

3. What does Jar Jar do when Qui-Gon helps him?

4. Why does Obi-Wan not want Qui-Gon to help Jar Jar?

5. What does the old pilot tell Anakin and his friends about one of his trips?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Qui-Gon and Shmi have about Anakin?

2. Why do the Jedi take Jar Jar with them?

3. What does Anakin do when Qui-gon goes outside with Watto?

4. Where does the Queen's personal cruiser go and how does it avoid being hit by enemy fire?

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

6. How did Jedi Knights originate and what do they do in the present of this novel?

7. What do the Jedi Knights see in the main hanger that shocks them?

8. What do Anakin and Padmy look at and talk about when they get to his house?

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

10. What kind of deal does Qui-Gon make with Watto besides the one for the parts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despite the fact that multiple viewpoints prevail in the world of the novel, it is not surprising, if by this point in the book the reader is feeling increasingly put-upon as a result of being forced to jump from one hero to another.

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

2. When you read a book do like to stay with one character and or viewpoint for the entire book or do you like it when the author skips between different characters or sub-plot lines? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the story thus far could be told by sticking with only one main "hero?" Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Then Qui-Gon tells the Council about Anakin and suggests that this boy may be the prophesied one who will bring balance to the force.

1. Do you believe in fate or destiny? Why or why not?

2. Since it is common knowledge that Anakin becomes a dark force how do you think that coincides with the prophesy that he will bring balance to the force?

3. Do you think good has to be balanced with evil, light with dark? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The emotional roller coaster of the day ends with the profound sorrow and sense of loss that Anakin feels about having to leave his mother behind, not knowing when he will see her again.

1. Do you think a mother who allows her seven year old son to leave home is a bad mother? Why or why not?

2. Explain how you might make a choice like Anakin's. Would you decide to leave you mother? Why or why not?

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