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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. When Karrde contacts the ship, in Chapter 3, he knows they are headed where?

2. Who feels that Leia's party's departure sends a bad message to the Bimms, with whom they are seeking an alliance?

3. Who tells Thrawn that they sent a message to Luke?

4. When Karrde hails what ship, he offers to help them?

5. Once they are back on board the ship, Leia learns what about the Bimm guide that took them to the marketplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to evidence in Chapter 2, what is Leia's personality like?

2. Based on Chapter 1, which do you think is likely to win, the clearly established, yet nearly extinct, Empire, or the supposedly good, but new and not fully organized New Republic, and why?

3. Explain the major disagreement between Han and Fey'lya, in Chapter 5. Who do you think is correct?

4. How does Joruus' message to Luke, in Chapter 13, affect Luke and what things should Luke realize, based on the message, that he does not?

5. Describe Mara's feelings toward Luke Skywalker, as shown in Chapter 3.

6. What are some of the ways that Leia's Jedi abilities come into play when everyone is on Bpfasshi, in Chapter 10?

7. Once everyone is back aboard the Falcon, in Chapter 7, Han and Leia disagree over what to do next. Leia wants to go straight back to the planet's surface for negotiations, while Han makes the jump to hyperspace and says that they are all returning to Coruscant. Which point of view do you agree with and why?

8. Describe the role that Threepio plays in Chapter 14.

9. What is a ysalamiri and what does it do?

10. Describe the New Republic Council's reaction to Han and Leia's hasty retreat from Bimmisaari.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one of the following and write a detailed essay about it.

1. How does the New Republic government work and how does it compare to governments of today?

2. What are the smugglers and former smugglers in the book like, as compared with modern criminals in the real world? What does that imply about the thoughts and feelings of criminals?

3. Mara claims to hate Luke, in the book. Do you feel that she acts as if that is true? Use examples from the book to back up your position.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the characters in the book, such as Luke, Leia and Mara, are Jedi. As Jedi, they have several powers. Choose one of the powers from the list below as your favorite Jedi power. Then, explain why it is your favorite and how you would use it, if you had it. Also, what are both the positive and negative implications of such a power?

1. sensing danger

2. sensing the emotions of those around you

3. sending telepathic messages to others

4. super strength

5. super speed

6. influencing the actions of others

Essay Topic 3

Good versus evil is a major theme in the book. It could also be considered as right versus wrong. List three examples from the story of those themes. Also, discuss how those themes compare to at least one incident of good versus evil or right versus wrong in your own life.

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