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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 quality does Jane possess that makes her more than human after she enters Val's body?

2. What does Jane do when Quara physically threatens her?

3. Jane notes that it is easier for her to transport Wang-mu when she moves her and Peter back to Lusitania. Why?

4. The descoladores have designed a molecule that would fit into the human brain's receptor node for _____.

5. On Pacifica, Malu announces the god is come and _________ shouts at Jane to get out of Peter.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the thoughts Plikt has as she contemplates how to speak Ender's death properly alone in her room.

2. Describe Jane's exploration of the networks among the Hive Queens.

3. Describe how Jane transports Peter and Wang-mu aboard the Starways Congress starship and where they land on the ship.

4. What is Admiral Bobby Lands plan for the detonation of the M.D. Device before Peter and Wang-mu arrive?

5. Describe how Peter responds to waking on the beach with Wang-mu curled in beside him.

6. 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?

7. What joke does Malu make regarding Jane's inhabiting of Peter?

8. When Jane returns to her now body to begin her existence as Val, what happens to her aiua and to Val's aiua?

9. When Yasujiro Tsutsumi asks whether Hikari expects him to bribe the politicians to stop the fleet, how does Hikari respond?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point, Malu makes a joke, saying he cannot determine whether the fact that Jane inhabited Peter makes him holy or the fact that she left him makes Peter unholy. Write an essay arguing one side of Malu's point, providing clear evidence and examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

At the university, Malu calls out, "The god has moved her starship!" Peter is triumphant and Wang-mu realizes how dismal life would have been for him were he restricted to a single planet. Write an essay exploring the idea of restrictions and freedom in the novel and the role they play in each of the characters' lives.

Essay Topic 3

The Hive Queen confesses a little jealousy that Jane knows Human in a way that she never can. Human answers that it is not necessarily bad because they are still able to surprise each other. The Hive Queen answers, "till death ends all surprises." What role do you think the idea that "death ends all surprises" has in the novel? Write an essay exploring the significance of this quote in the novel.

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