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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 Senator Palpatine tell the Queen most Senators spend their time doing?

2. Why is Qui-Gon frustrated about the Jedi council?

3. What happens at the beginning of the race when Anakin guns his engine?

4. What does Padmy do when she asks Boss Nass to help her?

5. What did the Senate decide what to do about Naboo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Anakin sees Padmy and her troops are threatened by destroyer droids?

2. What does Darth Sidious tell Nute Gunray to do about the Queen?

3. What happened between Anakin and Padmy after the cruiser was in the air?

4. Where is the decoy Queen and her group during the battle with the droid army?

5. What happens in Chapter 22 in the fight between the Jedi and Darth Maul?

6. What types of strategies does Sebulba try in the race?

7. What does Qui-Gon tell Obi-Wan when he brings the parts to the ship?

8. What does Padmy tell Anakin right before the battle and what does he say?

9. What happened between Qui-Gon and Darth Maul by the Queen's cruiser?

10. What does the Jedi Council decide about Anakin?

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

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 3

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?

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