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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. How do Shmi and Padmy congratulate Anakin?

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

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

4. Who meets the Queen's party at the loading ramp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Qui-Gon talk to the Jedi Council about?

2. What happens when Padmy meets the Viceroy in the Theed throne room?

3. Why has Queen Amidala decided to return to Naboo?

4. Why does Anakin get in a fight with Rodian and what does Qui-Gon say?

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

6. What do Anakin and Jar Jar hear when they sneak out of their quarters?

7. What does Yoda see in Anakin and what happens when he mentions it?

8. What does the Jedi Council decide about Anakin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anakin's mother has always known that her son is gifted, but she now exhibits a growing awareness that her son is not only gifted, but also special in a rare way.

1. Why do you think Anakin's mother believes he is very special? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think a parent can see the truth, good or bad, about their child? Why or why not?

3. If you had a gifted child what would you do to encourage that gift?

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

The emotional roller coaster of the day ends with the profound sorrow and sense of loss that Anakin feels about having to leave his mother behind, not knowing when he will see her again.

1. Do you think a mother who allows her seven year old son to leave home is a bad mother? Why or why not?

2. Explain how you might make a choice like Anakin's. Would you decide to leave you mother? Why or why not?

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