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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jane's idea to stop the destruction of Lusitania is to do what?
(a) To drive a ship into the heart of their operations and kill all on board
(b) Deploy three hundred warships to protect the planet
(c) Inhibit ansible communication, although it would mean she would eventually be destroyed
(d) To write an angry letter to politicians

2. When Qing-jao questions her, what does she learn about Wang-mu?
(a) That she is blasphemous and detests the gods
(b) That she is damned to an eternity of prosecution for her disdain of the gods
(c) That she is naive and childish
(d) That the influence of Demosthenes is huge on common people

3. What does Peter accomplish back on Earth?
(a) He gets elected Hegemon, absolute ruler of Earth
(b) He becomes psychotic with power
(c) He ends up in a psychiatric ward out in space
(d) He puts his finger in a light socket and dies

4. If the Upper Caste don't live up to expectations, what happens to them?
(a) They are punished with penances
(b) They are tortured
(c) They are burned alive
(d) They are relieved of their status

5. Who does Miro not want to see upon his return home?
(a) Ouanda, his sister
(b) Erga, his aunt
(c) Ender, his stepfather
(d) Demitri, his Uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ender is talking to Jane, what is it Novinha disapproves of?

2. What does Jane know about Qing-jao?

3. What does her husband fear most since she has died?

4. How does she satisfy the gods when she cannot wash her hands?

5. What does this peasant envy of Gloriously Bright?

Short Essay Questions

1. Both Wang-mu and Qing-jao envy each other. Why?

2. What does her addition to the catalog of voices mean to the family?

3. What is different for Miro when he returns to Lusitania?

4. Why is philotic technology necessary?

5. What does she remember that gives her hope?

6. What is the obstacle between Qing-jao and womanhood?

7. What is causing a rift between Ender's stepchildren at the house?

8. How does Wang-mu feel about the penances exacted by the gods?

9. What are Congress' two main reasons for decreeing the destruction of the planet, Lusitania?

10. Why does the theory of relativity pose such a problem to Valentine and Jakt?

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