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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 is surrounding Naboo?

2. Where are the Jedi going to get to the capital city?

3. Why is Watto upset with Anakin?

4. What is a a Coloclaw fish getting ready to do to their craft?

5. Why do the Jedi take Jar Jar with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Jedi take Jar Jar with them?

2. Why do the Jedi lose power in their craft?

3. What does Nute Gunray do when the Jedi Knights come aboard his ship and what is he ordered to do?

4. What type of dream does Anakin have the night before the race? How does he leave the dream?

5. How did Jedi Knights originate and what do they do in the present of this novel?

6. Why is Anakin racing?

7. What kind of deal does Qui-Gon make with Watto besides the one for the parts?

8. Where does the Queen's personal cruiser go and how does it avoid being hit by enemy fire?

9. What do the Jedi Knights see in the main hanger that shocks them?

10. What does Jar Jar offer to do and how do they have to get there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The action of the race is pure thrills - escalating to an exciting finish, using all the "bells and whistles" of the science-fiction form, but actually following in the pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle employed by man and machine.

1. What do you think is meant by pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle?

2. What do you think is the "bells and whistles" of science fiction??

3. Describe a scene in Chapter 13 that would indicate to a read the book was science fiction, even if the description was all a reader saw.

Essay Topic 2

Now when the battle is about to begin and suspense and excitement need to be heightened, the author makes maximum use of separated lines of action, dividing the conflict into four parts. The chief advantage of this division of action is that at a high point in the action, the outcome of a critical conflict can be left unresolved in favor of a switch to a different line of action, thus continually escalating the suspense felt by a reader or an audience.

1. Do you think that separating the action does indeed escalate the tension? Why or why not?

2. Do you think it's confusing to divide the action into separate parts? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Anakin has a unique relationship with Padmy. She is a mother figure, which is seen clearly when she holds him in her arms to soothe his deep sorrow at being parted from his mother. She is also a sister figure, and a potential romantic figure, as evidenced by the feelings he has for her that would rightly be described as "puppy love," but which, with his limited experience of life, he cannot identify.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Describe a person in your life who seems to fill more than one "role."

3. Do you think a person can fulfill more than one "role" in a person's life, such as brother, friend, father, mentor, etc. Why or why not?

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