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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. How does Ferrier die?

2. According to the information retrieved in Chapter 17, how many Star Destroyers are nearly complete at Ord Trasi?

3. Breaking his silence, what frightens Fey'lya about the location of the Emperor's storehouse in Chapter 20?

4. Where are the most important officers standing as Leia makes her way through the hallway in the fourteenth chapter?

5. How long is Karrde eventually given to pass through Coruscant's shield?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Thrawn destroyed?

2. What position does the New Republic offer Mara, and how does The Last Command end?

3. What is the result of the meeting between the Rebels and the Myneyrshi and Psadans?

4. How is C'baoth destroyed?

5. How is Luke's clone, Luuke, developed?

6. How does the meeting of the smugglers at Hijarna depict the doubts of the smugglers in Chapter 15?

7. How does the Council of the New Republic learn that the reports about the Empire's secret weapon are fraudulent?

8. What sign do Luke and Mara find in Chapter 19, and how does Mara explain it?

9. How does Leia deal with Karrde on Coruscant?

10. Who are Drang and Sturm, and what is their purpose in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the writing style of the dramatic events surrounding the birth of the twins, how Leia's Jedi training helps her, and what she senses for the future of her babies. Include Han's reaction to the birth and the possible impact the twins could have on Leia' s responsibility to the New Republic Council.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout The Last Command, Luke and Leia both have visions about the Force and future events. Analyze the examples of Luke and Leia's connection with the Force and how it is portrayed in the novel. Also, include the differences in the way that Luke senses things and Leia's visions in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Thrawn uses a certain degree of restraint when dealing with the failures of those he associates with.

1) Describe the way Thrawn reacts to the raid at Trogan.

2) Explain how Thrawn handles the initial events at Bilbringi.

3) Analyze the differences in Thrawn's approach to failures with Darth Vader and the Emperor as well as Thrawn's own reputation.

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