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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 farther bet does Watto agree to on the day of the race?

2. What does the old pilot tell Anakin and his friends about one of his trips?

3. Who is Sio Bibble?

4. What does Anakin do about what he finds in the canyon?

5. What does Anakin tell Padmy about his future?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what do Anakin and Qui-Gon bargain with Watto?

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

3. Who does Anakin meet on the Dune Sea and what does he do there?

4. What happens in the bongo after the lights come back on and how does Qui-Gon handle the crisis?

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

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

7. How does Qui-Gon see Jar Jar and how does Obi-Wan feel about it?

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

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

10. What would happen if Anakin's Podracer had contact with any solid surface?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Qui-Gon's sensitivity to living beings and their potential, and his willingness to depart from the well-traveled path in order to deal with them forms the basis of his philosophy of life and of connecting to The Force in a way that few others do.

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

2. Do you think all beings have untapped potential? Why or why not?

3. How do you think a person could explore his/her untapped potential and then use that potential?

Essay Topic 2

It seems as if Anakin has already embraced Qui-Gon's philosophy of following one's intuition at the time one's senses are alert to an opportunity.

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

2. Do you think one should follow intuition even if it seems contrary to logic? Why or why not?

3. Write about a time when you followed intuition or didn't follow it and how the situation turned out.

Essay Topic 3

The emotional roller coaster of the day ends with the profound sorrow and sense of loss that Anakin feels about having to leave his mother behind, not knowing when he will see her again.

1. Do you think a mother who allows her seven year old son to leave home is a bad mother? Why or why not?

2. Explain how you might make a choice like Anakin's. Would you decide to leave you mother? Why or why not?

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