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

2. When individual ansibles and entire networks go offline, how does Jane feel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) As if she is being torn apart limb by limb.
(c) In pain, but finally satisfied.
(d) Homeless.

3. 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 has retreated into the Filhos.
(b) Ender is weaker than ever.
(c) Ender is dying.
(d) Ender is divorcing his wife.

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

5. Who is Rooter?
(a) The Hive Queen's daughter.
(b) Human's mother.
(c) Jane's sister.
(d) Young Val's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jane send Miro and Young Val to different planets?

2. Who goes with Young Val to visit the Hive Queen to seek more information about how to get Jane's aiua into Young Val?

3. Why does the Hive Queen not want to help find a way to put Jane's aiua into Val's body?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Peter called into being and why does this cause problems?

4. What work have Miro and Young Valentine been engaged in since shortly after working out the logistics of faster than light travel and how quickly are they able to complete this work?

5. Why does Novinha accuse Plikt of acting like a cannibal, and how does Plikt respond to her?

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

7. Describe Wang-mu and Peter's initial time settling into their apartment on Divine Wood.

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

9. Why does Grace's husband laugh when Peter asks if he and Wang-mu can go see Malu and to what does he compare Peter's request?

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

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