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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. Which organ does the doctor say is the most common to go first?

2. When must Ouanda bring Ender to the piggies?

3. What does Jane work on in this chapter?

4. Where does Ela wait for Ender?

5. Who does the Dom Cistaes meet in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ender anger Miro?

2. Why does Ender not use Dom Cristao's rightful title?

3. What does Ender say at the speaking?

4. How does Ender respond to Jane's teasing?

5. Why does Ouanda not want Ender to come to the forest to meet the piggies?

6. Why does Miru want to bring Ender to the piggies?

7. What does Ender realize about Novinha's files in this chapter?

8. Of what does the doctor say Marcao died?

9. What does Ender suggest to the Lusitania leaders in Chapter 16?

10. Why does Jane refuse to talk to Ender?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Look at the novel's characterization. How well drawn do you think Card's characters are? Select one of the minor characters such as the Bishop and discuss how much you know about his background. In what ways does Card provide the reader with information about that character?

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