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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 would Watto rather get parts then to trade?

2. Why would a protocol droid be useful when trading with the Jawas?

3. What does Anakin do in his dream?

4. Why is Jar Jar a project for Qui-Gon?

5. Why does Anakin invite Qui-Gon and his group to Anakin's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Nute Gunray and the Queen of Naboo when Theed falls to the Federation troops?

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

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

4. What happened when Anakin and his friends met an old space pilot? What did he tell them and what did Anakin think?

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

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

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

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

9. What are Nute Gunray's orders about the Queen and what happens to her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In an epic story like STAR WARS THE PHANTOM MENACE, it is expected that large forces will clash on a grand scale, and that the forces will represent an alignment of Good on one side, and of Evil on the other.

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

2. Do you think in any group of people all of the members are either evil or good? Why or why not?

3. Describe a situation in the 21st. Century that you think represents an alignment of Good on one side, and of Evil on the other.

Essay Topic 3

The author has laden an insight about life that underlies many of the thematic threads of The Phantom Menace - the fact that exterior appearance does not necessarily indicate the intrinsic value of human beings, and in the case of science fiction, alien life forms as well.

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

2. Describe a time when you or someone you know of, has thought one thing about a person and then was proven wrong after getting to know the person.

3. How does the statement above relate to the clique "you can't tell a book by its cover?"

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