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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. Why can Novinha not marry Libo?

2. What does Valentine think when she sees Ender with his bag?

3. What is Ender talking about with his students?

4. What is the name of the book Ender wrote?

5. Who does Valentine welcome into her house while Ender is away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ela call for a Speaker for the Dead?

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

3. Why is Novinha afraid in Chapter 8?

4. What happens to Rooted in the first chapter?

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

6. In what way does Chapter 3 deal with the theme of loss?

7. How does Ender deal with Grego's violence?

8. In what way do Novinha and Ender get on in Chapter 8?

9. Why can Novinha not marry Libo?

10. Why does Jane want Ender to go to Lusitania?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Buggers? What is the significance of the Bugger race in this novel? In what have the humans learned from their problems with the Bugger race? Why do the students think the Bugger Wars had such an influence Orson Scott Card's world in this story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Card's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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