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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. Once they are back on board the ship, Leia learns what about the Bimm guide that took them to the marketplace?

2. Han and Lando devise a plan to program Threepio with what?

3. The Dark Jedi is mentally unstable because he is what?

4. After they avert the threat, Thrawn orders Pallaeon to set a course for where?

5. In Chapter 4, Thrawn's team lands where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the unusual occurrences, when Leia and Han go to meet with the Bimms?

2. According to evidence in Chapter 2, what is Leia's personality like?

3. Once everyone is back aboard the Falcon, in Chapter 7, Han and Leia disagree over what to do next. Leia wants to go straight back to the planet's surface for negotiations, while Han makes the jump to hyperspace and says that they are all returning to Coruscant. Which point of view do you agree with and why?

4. Describe Lando's reaction when Han, Leia and Luke show up to visit him at Nkllon. What does it say to you about Lando's personality?

5. Explain the major disagreement between Han and Fey'lya, in Chapter 5. Who do you think is correct?

6. Describe Mara's reaction to Karrde's mention of Darth Vader, in Chapter 3.

7. How is Luke conflicted about his loyalties, again, in Chapter 14 and does he make the right choice about what to do?

8. Based on Chapter 1, which do you think is likely to win, the clearly established, yet nearly extinct, Empire, or the supposedly good, but new and not fully organized New Republic, and why?

9. In your opinion, should Luke's Loyalty lie with Leia and the New Republic or with the Jedi, based on information learned from Chapters 1 and 2?

10. Describe how Thrawn uses Joruus' powers, in Chapter 9 and what the results are.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leia is sympathetic to the Noghiri that attacks her and asks to meet with him. Based on that, answer the following questions.

1. Do you feel that meeting with the Noghiri was a good thing for Leia to do? Why or why not?

2. If you were in Leia's exact position, would you choose to have the meeting like she did? Why or why not?

3. In real life, if you were attacked, would you want to avoid or confront your attacker? Explain your reasons in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Han, a former smuggler, plays a major role in the story. Answer the following questions about Han, using examples to back up your answers.

1. Is Han an ethical person, even though he used to smuggle and is still willing to deal with his smuggling contacts?

2. What things, such as love of adventure or love of family, motivate Han?

3. Do you feel that Han would have a different personality or make different decisions, had he never been a smuggler?

Essay Topic 3

Good versus evil is a major theme in the book. It could also be considered as right versus wrong. List three examples from the story of those themes. Also, discuss how those themes compare to at least one incident of good versus evil or right versus wrong in your own life.

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