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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. Who is an enemy of the gods?

2. Valentine finds Miro in his room doing what?

3. What is the person ailing from?

4. What is Valentine and Jakt's home planet?

5. What has scarred Miro?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Qing-jao want so desperately to wash the grease from her hands?

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

5. Who approaches Qing-jao and what do they want with her?

6. What concerns Ender about the hive Queen?

7. Why does Gloriously Bright implicate Demosthenes?

8. What or who does Qing-jao believe is responsible for the disappearance of the Lusitania fleet?

9. What does Han explain to his daughter about caste?

10. What is significant about Miro and Jane's conversation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Ender's argument about free will? Do you think this is an airtight argument? Why or why not? Come up with your own argument for the origin of human nature and free will. Where did it come from? Is it possible to control? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the will to live and the right to life. How are they different? How are they similar? How can one aid the other? How is one not possible without the other?

Essay Topic 3

Orson Scott Card draws parallels between the descolada and Jane. Explain the parallels and try to lend meaning to what the authors purpose might have been for doing so. Can you note any parallels in real life? Compare them to the book.

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