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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. When Mara almost falls asleep, averting disaster, Mara puts the craft on autopilot and fetches the ysalamir, within whose bubble ____.
2. When the turbolift car halts in the general alarm, Mara subdues the Imperial passenger, and flees carefully with Luke and Karrde down the track, which is ____.
3. Leia realizes that "thirdson" means ____.
4. Han and Lando are watching for their target, ____.
5. Mara tries to arrange a meeting with Thrawn by identifying herself as The Emperor's ____.
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why Lando does not think Bel Iblis is being totally honest about what he's been up to during the time that Bel Iblis was missing.
2. How does the book end, according to Luke's discovery?
3. Fey'lya charges that Han wants the glory of presenting the Katana fleet to bring about Fey'lya's downfall and Ackbar's restoration. Han insists that he wants justice. Which of the two do you agree with?
4. Why isn't Thrawn upset when Luke and Mara escape wit Karrde on the Falcon?
5. What happens to Mara when she gets the Etherway out of impoundment and how is it ironic?
6. On Coruscant, what does Karrde say about his discovery of the Katana Fleet and how do Mon Mothma and Fey'lya take the news?
7. Explain how the Noghiri almost arrest Leia and how Leia avoids arrest.
8. Explain how Luke and Mara go about the process of rescuing Karrde.
9. What happens when Mara and Thrawn meet at Endor?
10. Why does Thrawn want to head Leia off at Endor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Talon Karrde strives to remain neutral in the conflict between the Empire and the New Republic. Do you feel that he succeeded prior to being rescued by Luke and Mara? Why or why not? Do you feel that the same was true after he was rescued by Luke and Mara? Why or why not? Use at least two examples from early on in the book and two from later in the book to back yourself up.
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