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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. What religious movement is thriving on Pacifica?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Bee Communion.
(c) Order of the Children of the Mind.
(d) Ua Lava.

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

3. How does Old Val propose that Novinha save Jane?
(a) By giving Ender permission to die.
(b) By keeping Ender alive.
(c) By giving her own body to Jane.
(d) By persuading Young Val to give up her body.

4. Why does Hikari pour his own servant tea?
(a) Because his servant has no arms.
(b) His servant is not allowed to touch the tea pot.
(c) It is the usual custom.
(d) To demonstrate humility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Wang-mu aghast when Peter tells her she may step off the ship?

2. When Ender tries to reconcile with his wife on Lusitania, what excuse does she give for not being able to see him?

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

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

5. What does Novinha do immediately after Ender collapses in "Nobody is Rational"?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, what does Jane do while Miro and Young Valentine scout for new habitable planets? What will happen after Jane is finished with her task?

2. Describe the events surrounding Ender's collapse in the Filho's courtyard.

3. Who claims that "life is a suicide mission," and why?

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 the conversation when Miro goes to speak to Ender.

6. How does Miro convince Young Val to see the Hive Queen at the beginning of "Nobody is Rational"?

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

8. Who was Novinha's rival, and how is Novinha asked to help this rival?

9. Why do Peter and Wang-mu not have to learn a new language on Divine Wood and what language is spoken?

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

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