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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 Qui-Gon convince Watto to go along with his plan?

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

3. Who rescues the Queen?

4. What is surrounding Naboo?

5. What is Anakin building right now in his room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Watto angry with Anakin and what happens?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Jar Jar when walking through the market?

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

8. Where do the Jedi go upon leaving the underwater city and what are they using for a vehicle?

9. What kind of welcome do the three receive in the Gungan city and what does the head man offer?

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 key to Anakin Skywalker's character is his sense of himself as different, with abilities that not even he understands, and with large dreams that he sees as certainties rather than possibilities.

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

2. Do you think someone with Anakin's feelings about himself would have a difficult time relating to other children his age? Why or why not?

3. What do you think you would do if you had Anakin's abilities? Use examples from your life to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Coincidence in life is one thing, but coincidence in literature and storytelling is another. The general rule that most writers learn is that it's safe to use coincidence in a story when the result is to get the hero into trouble, or into more trouble than he or she is already in. If the writer succumbs to the temptation to use coincidence to get the hero out of trouble, or to serve the necessities of the plot, the reader's enjoyment diminishes because the natural skeptic in the reader says, "this isn't plausible."

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

2. Do you think this statement is true? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think something that happens in real life might not be believable in a novel? Support your answer with examples from both real life and fiction.

4. How do you think the cliche "the truth is stranger than fiction" corresponds to this statement?

Essay Topic 3

Yoda probes into the fatal flaw Anakin possesses - his susceptibility to fear. Yoda also crystallizes the reason that a Jedi must be completely free of fear when he proclaims that fear leads to the dark side, to anger and hate, and to suffering.

1. Do you think fear can be a harmful influence in a person's life? Why or why not?

2. Some say fear, not hate, is the opposite of love and that hate is simply the result of fear. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

3. It doesn't seem fair that Anakin can have so much going for him and is being judged for having fear, especially considering his age. Do you think Yoda is being petty? Why or why not?

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