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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. Gloriously Bright begs her father not to do what?

2. What resolution was made to this problem?

3. What does Ender come to find out about Jane?

4. In the testing phase, _______________ is reborn better than before.

5. What does Grego do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What troubles Ender about his children?

2. How do the piggies treat Warmaker after Quim's death?

3. What happens to Qing-jao?

4. How does Novinha take Quim's death?

5. What makes Quim so confident of his safety around the piggies?

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

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

8. What is Grego doing?

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

10. What secrets does this unlock about the descolada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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