3. Intelligence is set to unraveling clues left by Karrde's botched mission and repair work, Ferrier is diverted to capturing Han and Lando, and Chimaera tails ____.

4. When Mara almost falls asleep, averting disaster, Mara puts the craft on autopilot and fetches the ysalamir, within whose bubble ____.

5. Pellaeon is certain the ____ will draw Luke's group into a trap.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

Bel Iblis plays a fairly large role in the plot of the book.

1. Who is Bel Iblis and what connection did he have to the formation of the Rebellion and then the New Republic?

2. Why has Bel Iblis been in hiding?

3. How did Bel Iblis discover information about the Katana Fleet.

4. If you were Bel Iblis, what would you do with regards to rejoining the Rebellion/New Republic and why? How would you go about doing so?

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

(see the answer keys)

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