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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 is on Jane's mind when she leaves?

2. Jane's idea to stop the destruction of Lusitania is to do what?

3. Where do Valentine and Jakt move?

4. Why does Qing-jao want to die during testing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Jane realizes that Qing-jao is getting close. How does she believe she can get her to stop?

7. How is Jane considered to be a living being?

8. What does Qing-jao realize about the common people as a result of Wang-mu?

9. What does Qing-jao know about Lusitania?

10. What concerns Ender about the hive Queen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it a threat to Qing-jao that her father tell everyone it was her who found the fleet? Why do you think this is of social significance? How do you think that the Congress would react to such outbursts on Path? Justify your answer using quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Quim and Qing-jao are very convinced of their theological beliefs. Explain the differences in the ways they go about practicing their chosen religions. How are they similar? How do they differ? Do you think the names being so close in spelling had any deeper meaning? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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