View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leia asks if their orbit has passed through the point at which the ____ exploded five years earlier.

2. Chewie stows ____ in a large hanging dish and scrambles into a booth.

3. Wild Karrde lands on planet ____ and the crew sets up headquarters in town.

4. C'baoth has sensed another surviving Jedi, ____ .

5. ____ is Karrde's base location.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Han and Lando are confronted with a Star Destroyer in space?

2. Who is Joruus C'baoth?

3. Explain Leia's attachment to Endor and the good and bad feelings that she has when she arrives there.

4. Why do Khabarakh and Chewie dislike each other?

5. What is Leia's attitude when the maitrakh describes why the planet is in debt to Vader and the Empire.

6. 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.

7. Do you think that Leia is right to feel guilty when Thrawn confronts Khabarakh?

8. Explain the role that Talon Karrde plays in the first section of the book.

9. Why does Luke seem concerned when he meets C'baoth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the characters listed below are not the main focus in the book, they play important roles. Explain in detail the role that each of the following characters plays in moving the story along:

1. Winter

2. Ferrier

3. Artoo

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a major theme in the book.

1: List three examples of foreshadowing in the story.

2: Explain how the three examples of foreshadowing that you chose influenced later events in the book.

3. The book is part of a three-book series. What things towards the end of the book seem to foreshadow events in the third book and what opinions do you have of what will happen in the third book as a result of that foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 3

In the book, there is an implication that Thrawn is on the side of bad and the New Republic characters, like Luke, Han, and Leia are on the side of right. Do you agree with that implication in a broader sense? In other words, do you think that any conflict has a clear good and a clear bad side? Why or why not? Use several examples from the book as well as several from real life to back up your answer.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,013 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample