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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 Ender talking about with his students?

2. Who insists that Ender should let Grego go?

3. Who does Maraco beat in the episode?

4. How do the children's relationship with Ender change at the end of the chapter?

5. What do the colonists call the alien race?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does no one know that Andrew Wiggin is really Ender?

2. Why do humans dislike Ender?

3. Why can Novinha not marry Libo?

4. What is the headmistress worried about in the first chapter?

5. What is Valentine life like after Ender leaves?

6. How do the colonists treat the piggies?

7. Describe Pipo's work as an xenologer.

8. Why can Ender no longer travel with Valentine?

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

10. In what way is Marcao cruel to his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motives? Why? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does his/her goals clash with other characters?How do the character's goals and motives affect his/her interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: "The Speaker of the Dead examines the problems problems that can occur in a monoreligous state." Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Card's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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