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

2. How does Wang-mu respond after Grace points out Peter and her scam and calls them liars?
(a) Wang-mu makes up a new identity.
(b) Wang-mu runs off, leaving Peter.
(c) Wang-mu tells their true itentity.
(d) Wang-mu sticks with their disguises.

3. Which of the following is not true about Marcao?
(a) He abused Novinha.
(b) Her married Movinha.
(c) He told everyone of Novinha's affair.
(d) He was impotent.

4. What task has Peter been assigned that makes his work more interesting to Ender?
(a) Stopping the destruction of Lusitania.
(b) Saving the life of Jane.
(c) Reviving Ender into a new body.
(d) Finding a new planet on which to live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Outspace?

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

3. How many planets are Miro and Young Val able to visit on the quest that Jane sends them?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Describe the Hive Queen's and Human's discussion about finding a way to help Jane transfer to a body.

5. After losing many other men, for what does Novinha tell Ender she will hold him personally responsible and how can Ender avoid this responsibility?

6. Describe the conversation between Old Val and Young Val about the nature of Young Val's existence.

7. What role does Wang-mu adopt when visiting Aimaina Hikari and why?

8. What does Wang-mu first do when she and Peter land on Divine Wood and why?

9. 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?

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

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