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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. Mara chooses a harrowing vertical landing on a ledge and starts to climb toward the rim when Artoo arrives in a ____.

2. Leia may be seeking to retrieve information from the dead Emperor, such as vital secrets about Mount ____.

3. Finding their way to the hangar bay and fighting off TIE fighters, Luke, Mara and Karrde escape into hyperspace, bound for ____.

4. Leia knows that the Imperials will spare her life so Thrawn can ______.

5. Fey'lya discounts all the evidence presented and argues that a salvage expedition would ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Mara seems to be only interested in her own self-preservation, except where Talon Karrde is concerned. Why do you think that Mara cares so much for Talon Karrde?

2. 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.

3. 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?

4. Explain how Luke and Mara go about the process of rescuing Karrde.

5. Explain how Leia gets the upper hand over Fey'lya during the battle to get the Katana Fleet back.

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

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

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

9. Explain how the maitrakh's talk about losing four sons to Imperial service influences Leia's attitudes and actions in this section.

10. How does the book end, according to Luke's discovery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Inner conflict is a big problem throughout the book, especially for Mara.

1. What is Mara's inner conflict as far as the Empire goes and what causes her to make up her mind about the Empire ultimately?

2. What is the conflict for Mara regarding dealing with Luke Skywalker?

3. What do you think Mara should do or will do in the third book of the series, regarding Luke and her own dealings with the Empire and why?

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

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

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