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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 does Anakin persuade the Jawas to do?

2. How do the Jedi get to the surface?

3. What does Nute Gunray tell Darth Sidious about the Jedi?

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

5. Why does the craft the Jedi are in start to lose power?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Anakin lose his race and what happens when he does?

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

6. Why is Anakin racing?

7. What do we find out about the history of the Sith in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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 3

Those familiar with the STAR WARS saga will certainly recall the anthropomorphic nature of C-3PO and R2-D2 in the original movie.

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

2. Do you think it's too far fetched to give robots such human personalities? Why or why not?

3. What other types of anthropomorphic non-human characters are famous today? How does anthropomorphic tendencies tie in with how many people see their pets, such as dogs and cats?

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