2. Han and Lando aboard the Coral Vanda scan the Tralla Room as the transparent submersible ____ floats amidst the glorious coral reefs of Pantolomin.

3. At dusk on Honoghr, Leia and her rescue party are ready to set out, and she is too troubled to pay attention to Threepio's report of an excessively curious ____.

4. On Coruscant, Karrde explains again that his assumption that he was the only one to record the coordinates 15 years ago is wrong and that ____ also could have.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What are Karrde's motivations for helping Leia and her party recover the Katana Fleet before Fey'lya can get to it?

3. How would you describe the mental state of Mara Jade up to this point in the book?

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

5. Why does Thrawn want to head Leia off at Endor?

6. 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.

7. Why does Leia feel that the Empire will save her life and what feelings might that be bringing up for her?

8. Explain the deal that Thrawn makes with Mara involving giving Mara time to talk to Karrde and how it affects Mara's opinion of the Empire.

9. Why isn't Thrawn upset when Luke and Mara escape wit Karrde on the Falcon?

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

Throughout the book, Leia is pregnant with twins that Thrawn wants.

1. How might Leia's pregnancy have affected her sense of self-preservation?

2. Do you feel that Leia handled the situations that arose throughout the book differently because of her Force sensitivity or the knowledge that her children would be Force sensitive? If not, why not? If so, in what ways?

3. What do you think Thrawn would do to Leia or her children if Thrawn were to catch them?

Essay Topic 2

Having read the entire book, explain three lessons that you feel that the book tries to teach and use examples of each from the book to back up your response. Then give at least one example each of how those lessons could be applied to real life. Over all, do you think that the book delivers any important messages? Why or why not?