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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 does Anakin feel about the city planet of Coruscant?

2. What happens in the hanger when the droid guards are all killed?

3. Who attacks Qui-Gon and Anakin on their way back to the Queen's ship?

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

5. What does Senator Palpatine counsel the Queen to do if the Senate defers judgment on Naboo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens at the beginning of Anakin's most important race?

10. How does the final outcome between Obi-Wan and Darth Maul occur?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

Anakin has a unique relationship with Padmy. She is a mother figure, which is seen clearly when she holds him in her arms to soothe his deep sorrow at being parted from his mother. She is also a sister figure, and a potential romantic figure, as evidenced by the feelings he has for her that would rightly be described as "puppy love," but which, with his limited experience of life, he cannot identify.

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

2. Describe a person in your life who seems to fill more than one "role."

3. Do you think a person can fulfill more than one "role" in a person's life, such as brother, friend, father, mentor, etc. Why or why not?

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