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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. Why is Obi-Wan unhappy with Qui-Gon after the ship takes off?

2. Why does Padmy apologize to Anakin?

3. Why is Darth Maul on Naboo?

4. Why is Jar Jar dancing at the end of the book?

5. Who comes in the hanger as Padmy and her troops are going towards the exit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Padmy, the Jedi and her troops enter the hanger?

3. What happens when the Queen attends the Senate meeting?

4. How does Anakin feel at Qui-Gon's funeral?

5. What does the Jedi Council decide about Anakin?

6. Where does Anakin end up during the fight for Naboo?

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

8. What are Queen Amidala's plan to help Naboo?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

While it is true that in the larger scheme of things, the troubles on Queen Amidala's planet affect a huge number of human beings, a reader always find it difficult invest emotional currency in story material that deals with huge numbers of "faceless" people. Journalists are known to use the phrase "putting a face on the issue," by which they mean that to involve a reader in a news story, a writer needs to key the story on an individual person.

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

2. Are you more likely to feel about a person you see in front of you who is hungry or to feel deeply when you hear about a whole group of people who are starving? Why or why not?

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

Essay Topic 3

The action of the race is pure thrills - escalating to an exciting finish, using all the "bells and whistles" of the science-fiction form, but actually following in the pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle employed by man and machine.

1. What do you think is meant by pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle?

2. What do you think is the "bells and whistles" of science fiction??

3. Describe a scene in Chapter 13 that would indicate to a read the book was science fiction, even if the description was all a reader saw.

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