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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. Thrawn is giving the Noghri one last chance to kidnap ____.

2. The Katana Fleet was lost ten years before the ____.

3. ____ is Leia's assistant.

4. Bel Iblis' headquarters is called ____ Nest.

5. Kabarakh is supposed to go to ____ for reassignment.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the twisted view that the Noghiri take of Darth Vader and the empire.

2. Explain how Mara's role in things to come is foreshadowed in this section.

3. Explain the significance of the piece of Corellian artwork that Thrawn is inspecting that startles Pellaeon.

4. Explain the strange relationship between the Empire and the New Republic on New Cov.

5. Do you think that the Imperials respect C'baoth because they call him Master?

6. Why do Khabarakh and Chewie dislike each other?

7. Explain why C'baoth is acting strange with regard to wanting to complete Luke and Leia's Jedi training, as well as that of Leia's children.

8. What is Leia's relationship with the Noghiri?

9. Describe Thrawn's apparent goal, according to chapters 1 and 2.

10. Explain C'baoth's lesson to Luke about pain.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many bad decisions are made throughout the book. Choose any one of the following characters and describe a major bad decision which that character made and how it influenced the story. Then describe how you would have changed things if you were in that character's place.

1. Fey'lya

2. Bel Iblis

3. Thrawn

4. Sena

5. C'baoth

Essay Topic 2

Redemption is a big theme in the book, such as when Han mentions to Fey'lya that it is not too late to back away and drop the lies that Fey'lya is telling about Ackbar.

1. Define what redemption means to you.

2. Explain three places that redemption is mentioned in the book.

3. Give a real life example of someone that you know achieving redemption for something.

Essay Topic 3

Thrawn seems cold and calculated throughout the book. He has a plan and seems to know how to implement it. However, everyone has a weakness.

1. What do you feel that Thrawn's weakness is and why? Use at least three specific examples from the book to back your answer up.

2. How would you exploit Thrawn's weakness if you were a member of the New Republic?

3. How would you exploit Thrawn's weakness if you were Pellaeon and clearly want to escape from Thrawn's rule?

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