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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. How old is Novinha?

2. Whose death has Jane investigated?

3. Why does Valentine invite the student into her house?

4. To who does Novinha dread returning?

5. What is formed before Lusitania is discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Ender no longer travel with Valentine?

2. Why is the prologue important?

3. Why is it important that the author introduces the alien race in the prologue?

4. Describe Ender's flight to Lusitania?

5. Why does Ender go to Lusitania?

6. How does Jane persuade Ender to go to Lusitania?

7. How does Ender learn about Pipo's death?

8. How do the colonists treat the piggies?

9. Describe the Mind of the Children.

10. What does Ender learn about the colony in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Ender and Novinha.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

Essay Topic 2

What are Ender's sins? Do the students think that Ender has made his sins worse than what they really are? What does Ender have to do before he confesses his sins?

Essay Topic 3

How have Novinha's children been affected by Marcao's violence towards their mother? What effect has the violence had on Novinha? What does it say about Novinha's character that she stayed with Marcao despite the abuse?

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