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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 do they ask for when they get there?

2. What does the virus do when released to the people of Path?

3. What does Jane plead with Han to do?

4. How does Qing-jao believe Demosthenes is circulating 'his' articles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is this new Peter's goal?

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

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

4. What happens to Qing-jao?

5. What does Wang-mu approach Qing-jao about, and what does she find out as a result?

6. What troubles Ender about his children?

7. What is the solution to this newfound problem?

8. What is Grego doing?

9. What is Ender's response to Warmaker's actions?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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