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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miro and Young Val return to Lusitania one day and are greeted by his brothers, sisters, and Old Val, what do they tell them about Ender?
(a) Ender is divorcing his wife.
(b) Ender is weaker than ever.
(c) Ender has retreated into the Filhos.
(d) Ender is dying.

2. Why is combining the memories of Jane and Young Val possibly dangerous?
(a) It could cause Val to lose a sense of herself.
(b) It could cause insanity.
(c) It could cause Jane to lose a sense of herself.
(d) It could cause friends to fail to recognize them.

3. When Old Val slaps Plikt across the face, what does she say to her?
(a) Old Val says Plikt will die a painful death.
(b) Old Val says Plikt is like a cannibal.
(c) Old Val says Plikt is an evil coward.
(d) Old Val says Plikt will never speak Ender's death.

4. Why does Malu suggest Val might be a better host than Peter for Jane?
(a) She is strong enough to handle Jane's temper.
(b) She is more powerful.
(c) She is more gentle and altruistic.
(d) She is a female.

5. What must Peter and Wang-mu promise to do before meeting Malu?
(a) Listen to him without interrupting him.
(b) Serve him for one year.
(c) Pay Grace for bringing them to him.
(d) Offer him a large meal.

6. Who is Pipo?
(a) The first ever philosopher.
(b) The colony's original xenobiologist.
(c) A hobo on the planet Path.
(d) An elder of a religious order.

7. Which of the following is a condition to full entry into the religious order that Novinha has joined?
(a) Death.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Children.
(d) Faith.

8. What type of colony was Divine Wood originally?
(a) Brazilian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) European.
(d) Chinese.

9. How does Wang-mu respond after Grace points out Peter and her scam and calls them liars?
(a) Wang-mu runs off, leaving Peter.
(b) Wang-mu tells their true itentity.
(c) Wang-mu sticks with their disguises.
(d) Wang-mu makes up a new identity.

10. Who does Wang-mu become aware of standing beside her and holding her hand as Jane dies?
(a) Peter.
(b) Grace.
(c) Malu.
(d) Hikari.

11. How many planets are Miro and Young Val able to visit on the quest that Jane sends them?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Twenty four.

12. Why is Wang-mu aghast when Peter tells her she may step off the ship?
(a) Because she is not allowed off the ship.
(b) Because he is being rude.
(c) Because men cannot tell women what to do.
(d) Because she believes they are still in space.

13. Who says "Life is a suicide mission"?
(a) Jane.
(b) Val.
(c) Novinha.
(d) Ender.

14. In the "Nobody is Rational" chapter, where does Ender collapse?
(a) In the Filho's courtyard.
(b) He doesn't collapse.
(c) On his way to Divine Wood.
(d) In his backyard.

15. Who does Novinha blame for Ender's collapse in "Nobody is Rational"?
(a) Jane.
(b) Ender.
(c) Herself.
(d) Miro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace's husband describe as "impure feet tickling the Gods"?

2. Which of the following characters does not help Human and the Hive Queen create the largest philotic web ever?

3. How does the novel Children of the Mind begin?

4. When individual ansibles and entire networks go offline, how does Jane feel?

5. Where is Ender at the beginning of the novel?

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