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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. To the priest, what are Ender's children?

2. What do most of Novinha's children and Ender do in response to the violence?

3. Gloriously Bright begs her father not to do what?

4. Why is Novinha mad at Ender?

5. What does Jane plead with Han to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurred when the test run was initiated for the faster-than-light speed travel?

2. Valentine is called to an emergency meeting. Who called her and what do they want with her?

3. What is the solution to this newfound problem?

4. What do the girls think about this program?

5. How does Han react to his daughter's dismissal of Wang-mu?

6. What are the effects of the modified descolada virus on the people of Path?

7. What does Qing-jao do when Jane reveals herself as Han's namesake?

8. When Qing-jao discovers who Demosthenes is, what does she do?

9. What is Grego doing?

10. What is ironic about Han's relationship with his daughter in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does social structure and morality prevent an ordinary person from creating a bloodthirsty mob? How could the same social structure be turned on its head and turn normal, good people into bloodthirsty murderers? Where do you think this may have happened in the past? How could it be prevented in the future?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Grego and Human are both acting unreasonably and cannot be reasoned with. Imagine you are a negotiator and have to put up logical reasons why this war should not continue against two illogical and irrational beings. Write a convincing argument as to how this war could have been averted or should have been averted.

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