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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 does the Dom want to be allowed to do?

2. About what does Ender say that Miro and Ouanda make too many assumptions?

3. What does Quim call Olhado?

4. Who does Ender want to be taken to in this chapter?

5. Which character cries in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ender anger Miro?

4. Of what does the doctor say Marcao died?

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

6. Why do the piggies want to learn about metal?

7. What does Ender learn about the piggies in Chapter 17?

8. What does Ender say at the speaking?

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

10. Describe Jane.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Ender's sins? Do the students think that Ender has made his sins worse than what they really are? What does Ender have to do before he confesses his sins?

Essay Topic 2

What loss has Novinha experienced and how has it affected her? Why has losing Pipo and Libo had such a profound affect on Novinha? How can she recover from such tragedy?

Essay Topic 3

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

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