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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. About whom is the school mistress worried?

2. Which alien race did the humans destroy?

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

4. To who does Novinha dread returning?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Novinha hide her files?

2. Why is Novinha afraid in Chapter 8?

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

4. How was present day Lusitania formed?

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

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

7. In what way does Chapter 9 show the negative side of Novinha's character?

8. Why does the student talk to Ender in Chapter 2?

9. Describe Pipo's work as an xenologer.

10. Why does Ela not hear the Bishop's warning in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speaker for the Dead is a famous book which has greatly influenced the science fiction genre. Choose a science fiction book written after Speaker for the Dead that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 2

Examine Card's writing style. How would you describe Card's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Card's style give to the story?

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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