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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Malu refer to as "the god who dances on spider webs"?
(a) Jane.
(b) The Biblical God.
(c) Himself.
(d) The Hive Queen.

2. How old was Ender when he left Earth?
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Five.

3. How does Wang-mu interpret Malu's story of creation?
(a) As an allegory for philotic theory.
(b) As a well designed fable.
(c) As the ravings of a lunatic.
(d) As an interpretation of the Bible.

4. What observation does Malu make about Jane's attitude toward her mechanical body?
(a) She is pleased with her mechanical existence.
(b) She is fundamentally dissatisfied with it.
(c) She doesn't need it.
(d) She doesn't appreciate it enough.

5. What is the name of Ender's debilitated stepson?
(a) Peter.
(b) Wiggin.
(c) Miro.
(d) Valentine.

6. What causes an awkward moment when Miro speaks with Ender at the end of the chapter, "There are Too Many of Us"?
(a) Ender says that he has never liked Miro and asks him to leave.
(b) Ender says Miro's own confidence will be his downfall.
(c) Ender says Miro is attracted to Young Val, who is like Ender in a wig.
(d) Ender says that Miro has secret passions for his sister.

7. How does the Hive Queen warn Miro and Val that she does not want to help them while they are on the way to see her?
(a) She sends a message via a worker.
(b) She send them an email.
(c) She sends a telepathic message.
(d) She shouts out to them.

8. Who does Hikari call "assassins of the heart"?
(a) All humanity.
(b) The Lusitanians.
(c) Wang-mu and Peter.
(d) The Japanese.

9. When was Peter called into being?
(a) During his parents' honeymoon.
(b) During the creation of Divine Wood.
(c) During the last xenocide.
(d) During Ender's first trip to Outspace.

10. What does Ua Lava mean?
(a) For the people.
(b) Of the aliens.
(c) Enough.
(d) Amen.

11. When Miro leaves Ender at the end of the chapter, "There are Too Many of Us," what action does Ender allow?
(a) Ender says Jane can gave Young Val's body.
(b) Ender says Miro can marry Young Val.
(c) Ender says Jane and Miro can battle for superiority.
(d) Ender says that Miro can have his body.

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

13. After Miro finds out that Jane's real mission for them was not finding habitable planets, what does he guess the real mission is?
(a) Finding descolada's planet of origin.
(b) Finding a new home for the pequeninos.
(c) Finding the Hive Queen.
(d) Finding a body for Jane.

14. How does Young Val respond when Miro tries to hug her after they discuss putting Jane's aiua into her body?
(a) She tells him she wishes he were dead.
(b) She tells him to wait until Jane has the body before he touches it.
(c) She embraces him.
(d) She tells him that she has always loved him.

15. How are Miro and Young Val's work styles different when they are on the quest that Jane sends them?
(a) Miro tires faster than Young Val.
(b) Young Val tires faster than Miro.
(c) Miro does twice as much work as Young Val.
(d) Young Val does twice as much work as Miro.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what character of popular children's literature does Young Val compare herself?

2. How does Malu compare in appearance to other Samoans?

3. Why does Hikari believe that Wang-mu and Peter were sent after consulting his computer?

4. Who is Valentine?

5. When Wang-mu and Peter first go to Divine Wood, what is the fake identity that Peter adopts?

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