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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 the Hive Queen jealous of Jane?
2. Who watches Jane try to enter Young Val's body?
3. Who presses the button to start the "godproof computer network"?
4. Why do Human and the Hive Queen comment that the mothertrees can only be a temporary home for Jane?
5. What happens when the Hive workers give Jane a sign aboard Miro's starship?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the Hive Queen in telepathic contact with when she announces that it is time for Jane to attempt to find her way back into the computer network, who gives the message to Jane, and how does Jane respond?
2. What experience does Jane have for the first time in her 3,000 year existence in response to Quara, and what realization does she come to because of this?
3. Aboard Milo's starship, how does Quara act toward everyone and specifically towards Jane?
4. As Jane enters Young Val's body, what happens?
5. Describe Novinha's words to Ender when she releases him.
6. How did Quara react to Peter giving the Little Doctor back, and why is Peter surprised by her reaction?
7. Why are Peter and Wang-mu invited to a university on Pacifica and who accompanies them?
8. Describe the thoughts Plikt has as she contemplates how to speak Ender's death properly alone in her room.
9. Describe how Jane transports Peter and Wang-mu aboard the Starways Congress starship and where they land on the ship.
10. What happens as Jane begins attempting to let go off the ansible lines?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many examples of forgiveness in the novel. For example, early in the novel, Novinha forgives Ender for the death of her son, Quim. Write an essay exploring the many acts of forgiveness in the novel and explaining how forgiveness serves as an underlying theme.
Essay Topic 2
Quara finds in a molecular blueprint received from the descoladore planet that the descoladores have designed a molecule that would fit into the human's brain receptor node for heroin. Research the effects of heroin and write an essay exploring the significance of this discovery by the descoladores in the context of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
The faster-than-light ship is described early on in the novel in a fair amount of detail. What other modes of transportation are used in the novel? Write an essay comparing and contrasting the various methods of travel in the novel.
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