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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. Valentine finds Miro in his room doing what?

3. How does she think Wang-mu came to her?

4. What was Miro before this near fatality?

5. What have the godspoken been given?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Han-Fei-Tsu make a promise he fears he cannot keep?

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

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

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

8. Why can't the Lusitanian colonists just wipe out the descolada virus?

9. What does Qing-jao know about Lusitania?

10. What complicates this debate between Grego and Ela?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the chapter entitled "A Parting," Han's wife and Qing-jao's mother passes away. The paper offerings are all justified and accountable except for one. Qing-jao's offering of 'secrets' remains unexplained. Come up with your own explanation as to why she would offer secrets to her mother. Try to also come up with a reason why the paper offerings aren't burned. Explain the relevance in this as the book progresses.

Essay Topic 2

Valentine Wiggin goes by a pseudonym, Demosthenes. Suggest reasons why she could not write under her own name. Do you perceive these reasons as being valid to warrant deception spanning hundreds of worlds? Why or why not? Speculate on why authors may sometimes write under pseudonyms.

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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