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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ender tries to reconcile with his wife on Lusitania, what excuse does she give for not being able to see him?
(a) She is not in love.
(b) She is gardening.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is ill.

2. As Jane is in her death throes, what behavior on the part of Peter does Wang-mu see as proof of his humanity?
(a) She sees no humanity in Peter.
(b) Peter realizing that Jane is not human.
(c) Peter crying and comforting Jane.
(d) Peter walking away from Jane.

3. Who controls the flight of the spaceship in Chapter 1?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jane.
(c) Wang-mu.
(d) Ender.

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

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

6. 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 a female.
(d) She is more gentle and altruistic.

7. What is the common language on Divine Wood?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Stark.
(c) Chinese.
(d) English.

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

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

10. According to Malu, how was the sun formed?
(a) The sun developed out of a primordial soup.
(b) God touched a cloud and it spun into fire, becoming the sun.
(c) Jane made the sun from her anger.
(d) The sun was not formed, but instead always existed.

11. What happens when Hikari asks his computer for information on Wang-mu and Peter?
(a) He finds out that they are imposters.
(b) The computer cannot find any trace of them.
(c) He finds out that they are from Path.
(d) The computer returns reports that they are spies.

12. How does Miro respond to Jane's looming destruction after the shutdown of the ansible networks begins?
(a) He hurries about the starship.
(b) He is elated.
(c) He tries to contact her, but fails.
(d) He begins sobbing.

13. What does Wang-mu catch in her hands upon her and Peter's arrival on Divine Wind?
(a) A ball.
(b) A rat.
(c) A virus.
(d) A bee.

14. What is the name of the island on Pacifica where Peter and Wang-mu try to contact Malu?
(a) Atatua.
(b) Lutia.
(c) Milalu.
(d) Allula.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Malu's followers do after Malu leaves his first visit with Peter and Wang-mu?

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

3. In Chapter 1, who insists that Peter better "be nice" to her?

4. After Miro finds out that Jane's real mission for them was not finding habitable planets, what does he guess the real mission is?

5. What does Ua Lava mean?

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