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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. What does Luke find in the cave on Dagobah?
2. What affects a Jedi's power, rendering a Jedi powerless?
3. Who pays a visit to Luke and Leia, during Leia's Jedi training?
4. Han is away on what sort of mission, in chapter 2?
5. What is the name of the Grand Admiral?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Mara's feelings toward Luke Skywalker, as shown in Chapter 3.
2. 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?
3. Describe Mara's reaction to Karrde's mention of Darth Vader, in Chapter 3.
4. 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?
5. Describe how Thrawn uses Joruus' powers, in Chapter 9 and what the results are.
6. What is a ysalamiri and what does it do?
7. What is Joruus C'Baoth like?
8. Why couldn't Luke go with Han and Leia to Bpfassh and why did that make it strange that Leia was able to go?
9. How does Thrawn want to manipulate Joruus' focus, in Chapter 13?
10. Based on what you know from Chapters 1 through 8, what are Thrawn's major personality traits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
The book ends, as it began, with a conflict between good and evil. Thrawn and Pallaeon ambush the shipyards and, soon, everyone is caught up in a battle. Based on that concept, answer any one of the following questions. Be sure to use examples from several points in the book, as well as real life, in your answers.
1. Do you believe that war is sometimes justified or do you think that there is always a peaceful way out of a disagreement?
2. Do you believe that good always triumphs over evil?
3. Do you believe that all is fair in love and war?
4. Do you believe that there is always a concrete right side and wrong side in a war?
Essay Topic 3
Heir to the Empire is a Star Wars novel and Star Wars is based upon far off galaxies and planets, as well as alien races. What are your personal opinions about the exploration of outer space? Do you believe that there are other planets that are inhabited by intelligent beings? If not, why not? If so, do you picture those beings looking like humans, or in some other form, like the Wookies and Noghiri in the book? Also, do you believe that aliens have ever visited or will ever visit Earth? If so, for what purpose?
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