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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 member of Ender's family was a Catholic?

2. What does Quim urge the Bishop to forgive?

3. For how long has Jane been alive?

4. What does Ender turn off in this chapter?

5. About what is the Bishop concerned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ender see in the tree in Chapter 17?

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

3. Describe Jane.

4. Of what does the doctor say Marcao died?

5. What does the mayor reveal in Chapter 15?

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

7. What is Ela's theory on the plant life in Lusitania?

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

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

10. Describe the argument at dinner that takes place in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Card use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character, Ender, examine the way Card uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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

Speaker for the Dead is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the science fiction genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did Speaker for the Dead help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Speaker for the Dead?

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