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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 has scarred Miro?

2. What do the two people left in her family do when she dies?

3. When Qing-jao questions her, what does she learn about Wang-mu?

4. What does Ender fear about the other people?

5. What does this girl want of Gloriously Bright?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disturbs Ender about the descolada virus?

2. How does Miro feel upon his return to Lusitania?

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

4. Why does Jane reveal herself to Valentine?

5. Why does Jane believe that Qing-jao will succeed at her woman's task?

6. What does Han impress upon his daughter in regards to Demosthenes?

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

8. Why does Gloriously Bright implicate Demosthenes?

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

10. What is the significance of the Path to the Godspoken?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a chapter that outlines the differences quite clearly of people who are married to their job and who are married to their spouses. Which do you think would be more fulfilling? Define why you believe your choice holds the key to a happy life.

Essay Topic 2

Instead of allowing herself to be released from her obsessive compulsive disorder, Qing-jao throws herself further into it. Why is this the case? Why do you think, that even once it has been proven that the people of Path were being controlled, that Qing-jao still wants to be a part of a created religion meant to keep its population in subservience? Do you draw any parallels to our world here?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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