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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rooter?

2. 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?

3. What happens at the end of the "You Don't Believe in God" chapter when Ender and Novinha reunite in the garden?

4. How are Miro and Young Val's work styles different when they are on the quest that Jane sends them?

5. What epiphany does Wang-mu have after Malu leaves his first visit with Peter and Wang-mu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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.

10. By what name does Malu refer to Jane and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how the themes of benevolence and survival play out against each other in the search for a new home for Jane's aiua throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

When Miro first visits the Hive Queen, she does not want to help them find a way to put Jane's aiua into Val's body. However, she is later convinced. Explore this and other episodes where characters are forced or encouraged to change their mind in the book. What significance do you think changing one's mind plays in character development in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Novinha remarks that Val "spins a pretty story" and Val answers, "all stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe." Write an essay exploring the significance of such a quote in a fictional story. What do you think this quote says about the art of fiction?

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