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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. Lando suggests a deal for Bel Iblis and his people where Lando and Han offer their advocacy in exchange for information on the ____.

2. When Thrawn asks about her long absence, Mara hears in her head that she must kill ____.

3. C'baoth launches ____ from his fingertips, which Luke blocks with his lightsaber.

4. Thrawn reacts to news that a Skipray has been found crashed with a ____ aboard.

5. Leia proposes a small-scale investigation, and Mon Mothma orders Fey'lya to assemble ships and ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the deceptive message that Lando receives from Luke via Winter and the ensuing discussion about the price of the Katana Fleet.

2. Making a final survey of the ship before retiring, Thrawn takes in stride Pellaeon's report that the Falcon is being put into vehicle deep storage, but reacts to what news and in what way?

3. Explain how Luke's opinion of C'baoth and Mara's opinion of C'baoth differ.

4. What happens to Mara when she gets the Etherway out of impoundment and how is it ironic?

5. What happens when Mara and Thrawn meet at Endor?

6. Explain why Sena's request to Han about Bel Iblis and Mon Mothma is a bit strange and what questions it raises.

7. Although they were earlier called abominations, droids, namely Artoo, play a huge role in this section of the book. Explain how Artoo comes to look and Mara's rescue in this section.

8. How does Fey'lya handle the battle over the Katana Fleet?

9. Explain what Sena thinks about the situation with Fey'lya and Ackbar and why Sena feels that way.

10. Explain how Leia's actions in this section with regard to purifying the Noghiri home world probably saved Leai from capture by Thrawn.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Besides good versus evil, list three main themes that ran throughout the book and give at least two examples of each.

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