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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. Why has the Captain of the Queen's cruiser put it into a spin?

2. What happens while the two Jedi are waiting in the room?

3. Why does Qui-Gon suggest Anakin has Jedi blood?

4. Why does Anakin want to build a star fighter?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Anakin and Padmy look at and talk about when they get to his house?

2. Why is Anakin an unusual Podracer and how does he make up for it?

3. What does Anakin do when Qui-gon goes outside with Watto?

4. Why is Anakin racing?

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

6. What do we find out about the history of the Sith in Chapter 10?

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

8. Why does Anakin lose his race and what happens when he does?

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

10. What does Qui-Gon think about the blockade around Naboo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Again Anakin has what seem to be prophetic dreams, but this time the dreams have a foreboding element to them. Anakin sees himself older, in a strange place facing a dimly seen wave that moves toward him, led by Padmy who appears to be older and sad.

1. What do you think this dream means? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Write about a dream you or someone else you know had that seemed to have come true.

3. Do you think dreams mean anything in a person's life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Despite the fact that multiple viewpoints prevail in the world of the novel, it is not surprising, if by this point in the book the reader is feeling increasingly put-upon as a result of being forced to jump from one hero to another.

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

2. When you read a book do like to stay with one character and or viewpoint for the entire book or do you like it when the author skips between different characters or sub-plot lines? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the story thus far could be told by sticking with only one main "hero?" Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Anakin makes a conscious decision to play the Good Samaritan, and look after this fallen human being, part of a group reviled by Anakin's own society. A careful reader will quickly realize that the significance of this incident rests in the change it works on Anakin, making him realize through a life experience that there may be more to other human beings than their superficial exterior and their reputation among one's own kind.

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

2. How do you think this statement might be used in the problems in modern America and people who are discriminated against?

3. Write a short scene of what you would do if you came across in injured person whom you did not like.

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