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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. What is something new that Jane experiences as a human in her argument with Quara aboard the starship?
2. How many stories of the old part of the building where the "godproof computer network" is stored are identical?
3. What happens to Young Val when Jane takes over her body?
4. Why do Human and the Hive Queen comment that the mothertrees can only be a temporary home for Jane?
5. When Peter awakens on the beach in "You Called Me Back from Darkness," how does his persona change?
Short Essay Questions
1. What delicate and subtle presence does Jane encounter after exploring the networks of the Hive Queens, and how does the interaction between Jane and this presence play out?
2. Describe how Jane transports Peter and Wang-mu aboard the Starways Congress starship and where they land on the ship.
3. What false disclosure does Quara make to Wang-mu, and what conclusion does Wang-mu come to about her lies?
4. Describe how Peter responds to waking on the beach with Wang-mu curled in beside him.
5. Who is the Hive Queen in telepathic contact with when she announces that it is time for Jane to attempt to find her way back into the computer network, who gives the message to Jane, and how does Jane respond?
6. Describe the thoughts Plikt has as she contemplates how to speak Ender's death properly alone in her room.
7. Why does Miro tell Young Val that she is selfish and how does he feel afterward?
8. What happens as Jane begins attempting to let go off the ansible lines?
9. When Yasujiro Tsutsumi asks whether Hikari expects him to bribe the politicians to stop the fleet, how does Hikari respond?
10. Describe what Jane says after she tells Miro that he reminds her of Ender.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Quara finds in a molecular blueprint received from the descoladore planet that the descoladores have designed a molecule that would fit into the human's brain receptor node for heroin. Research the effects of heroin and write an essay exploring the significance of this discovery by the descoladores in the context of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the different characters responses to the message to stop the detonation of the M.D. device. Consider why each character reacts in the way that they do and why there is such a contrast between the responses.
Essay Topic 3
In "Am I Betraying Ender," Jane and Miro question whether they are betraying Ender in their happiness. Write an essay exploring how the theme of betrayal or suspected betrayal comes into play in this and other scenes in the novel.
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