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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 makes Anakin unique in the race participants?

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

3. Where are the Queen and her forces sent?

4. What is the name of Tatooine's major city?

5. What is one of the tricks slaves learn to stay ahead of their masters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Qui-Gon encounter when leaving the Federation transport area and what does the creature look like?

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

4. What does Anakin's mother ask him to promise?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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