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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 does Qing-jao come to believe is responsible for the disappearance of the Lusitania fleet?

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

3. What does Qing-jao explain to this new girl?

4. What gives Jane so much power?

5. How did Jane come into being?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns Ender about the hive Queen?

2. What does she remember that gives her hope?

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

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

5. Qing-jao's behavior once again leads Wang-mu to question the gods. Why?`

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ender creates copies of his brother and his sister, but also of Miro while the theory of faster than light speed is being tested. Why do you think that this happens? What does this say about Ender? What do Ender's conjurations of his sister and brother reflect about the way he thinks about them?

Essay Topic 2

Critically analyze this book. What parallels were drawn between this future humanity and our present? Do you think that there are certain dark elements of human nature that we will never evolve beyond? Do you consider these things to be positive or negative?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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