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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. Why does the Hive Queen not want to help find a way to put Jane's aiua into Val's body?
2. What type of colony was Divine Wood originally?
3. What does Jane claim that hearing of Young Val's impending death has caused Miro to realize?
4. As Jane is in her death throes, what behavior on the part of Peter does Wang-mu see as proof of his humanity?
5. Who does Grace identify as Wang-mu's rival for Peter's love at Jane's deathbed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What language does Malu speak during his meeting with Wang-mu and Peter and how does this affect the conversation?
2. After losing many other men, for what does Novinha tell Ender she will hold him personally responsible and how can Ender avoid this responsibility?
3. Describe the game that goes on as Peter and Wang-mu arrive at Hikara's place.
4. 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?
5. 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.
6. What does the Hive Queen suggest about the mission that Jane is sending Miro and Young Val on and how does Miro confront Jane about this issue?
7. Describe the reconciliation between Novinha and Ender in the garden.
8. Describe the events surrounding Ender's collapse in the Filho's courtyard.
9. Why do Peter and Wang-mu not have to learn a new language on Divine Wood and what language is spoken?
10. What reason does Ender give Novinha for reconciling with him and how does she refute his argument?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining how the argument that "the ends justify the means" comes into play in the novel regarding the transfer of Jane's aiua into another human's body.
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