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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. Who races past Anakin and is a big rival of his?

2. What happens to Anakin's vehicle when he lost control?

3. What does Anakin declare about Jedi knights that makes Qui-Gon sad?

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

5. What does his main competition in the race do to stop him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Anakin meet in the canyon and what does he do?

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

5. What does Nute Gunray tell Darth Sidious and what is Sidious's reply? How does Gunray feel about what Sidious says?

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

7. Why do the Jedi take Jar Jar with them?

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

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

10. What does Anakin find out when he examines the engines of the Podracer and how does Watto usually like to get parts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the Jedi temple, Qui-Gon and Anakin are shocked to learn that the Council has decided not to admit Anakin for training - the main reason being that he is too old and already has too much anger in him.

1. Why do you think anger would disqualify Anakin from becoming a Jedi? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Choose an occupation in modern America you believe would be bad for someone with a lot of anger. Explain why you chose that particular occupation.

3. Has anger ever interfered with a situation in which you or someone you know, have been? Explain the situation and how being angry interfered with it.

Essay Topic 2

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?"

Essay Topic 3

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.

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