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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 Libo's relationship to Novinha?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The father of her children.
(c) Her former husband.
(d) Her father's friend.

2. Why does Jane send Miro and Young Val to different planets?
(a) To see if they are habitable.
(b) To see if they are conquerable.
(c) To see if they have friendly people.
(d) To see if they have meat sources.

3. Who does Novinha say "spins a pretty story"?
(a) Wang-mu.
(b) Jane.
(c) Plikt.
(d) Old Val.

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

5. During Ender and Novinha's conversation in the garden, Novinha says that she loves and misses Ender ____ than she ever did Libo.
(a) Less.
(b) Equally.
(c) More.
(d) Differently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hikari pour his own servant tea?

2. Why does Hikari believe that Wang-mu and Peter were sent after consulting his computer?

3. Who does Hikari call "assassins of the heart"?

4. What is the profession of Aimaina Hikari?

5. When individual ansibles and entire networks go offline, how does Jane feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ender's attention affect Val in "Life is a Suicide Mission" and how does she react to it?

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

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

6. What language does Malu speak during his meeting with Wang-mu and Peter and how does this affect the conversation?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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