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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 answers when Alai is asked questions in the meeting?

2. What does Petra say you cannot fight an epidemic with?

3. Who does Russia hope will remain peaceful during the war?

4. Who is the first person Peter tells about Virlomi's proposal to him?

5. Who tells Alai about Han Tzu's intentions against Muslims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important question does Petra ask her mother, and what is her mother's response?

2. What does Bean tell Graff after he is already on the starship?

3. Why was Peter denied entrance to Battle School?

4. Why does Bean say that he does NOT want to see Petra again after he leaves the Earth?

5. Why does Alai tell Virlomi to wait to start a war, and how does she respond to this advice?

6. What does Peter tell the people about his office as Hegemon?

7. What do Peter's parents say when they visit him, and how does Peter react?

8. How does Randi feel when Bean is killed, and why?

9. What does Alai say in his message to his people?

10. Why do Rackham and Graff want to establish world peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the most important motivating factor in this book, and why? Please substantiate your ideas with citations from the text.

Essay Topic 2

How did the symbol of war change the course of this plot, and which characters were most affected because of the war?

Essay Topic 3

Dedication was a trait that caused a lot of problems for people in this book. What are some of these instances, and how did the characters in these instances respond to the situations?

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