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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what language does Malu address Peter and Wang-mu during their first meeting?
(a) DNA blueprints.
(b) Japanese.
(c) A well-known technical language.
(d) An ancient holy dialect.

2. What does Jane claim that hearing of Young Val's impending death has caused Miro to realize?
(a) He has lost connection with reality.
(b) He loves Young Val.
(c) He is also mortal.
(d) He has very little time to complete his task.

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

4. What is causing Young Val to fade away?
(a) She is losing Ender's attention.
(b) She is becoming ill from descolada.
(c) She has always been weak.
(d) She is only an illusion.

5. How does Quim die?
(a) From a bite of a mosquito.
(b) From an arrow to the heart.
(c) From descolada.
(d) From a gunshot wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says she is "sick of letting people go"?

2. Who does Novinha blame for Ender's collapse in "Nobody is Rational"?

3. Who does Novinha say "spins a pretty story"?

4. Why does Young Val oppose putting Jane's aiua into her body?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Hive Queen suggest about the mission that Jane is sending Miro and Young Val on and how does Miro confront Jane about this issue?

2. When Ender tries to reconcile with his wife on Lusitania, what pretense does she give for not seeing him and how does he overcome her excuse?

3. As the ansibles and entire networks go offline, how is Jane affected and how does she respond?

4. Describe Miro and Young Val's arrival at the Hive and what they encounter in the passages on the way to see the Hive Queen.

5. Describe Malu's entrance for his meeting with Wang-mu and Peter.

6. Describe the reconciliation between Novinha and Ender in the garden.

7. What reason does Ender give Novinha for reconciling with him and how does she refute his argument?

8. How does Old Val compliment Miro to Young Val and why?

9. Describe the conversation when Miro goes to speak to Ender.

10. How do Human and the Hive Queen try to capture Jane's aiua, and what conclusion do they come to when they are unsuccessful?

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