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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. Qing-jao believes the silence of the gods is a _________________.

2. What may be Olhado's asset to working on the problem of faster-than-light travel?

3. What does Ela figure out from Qing-jao's comments?

4. What does Novinha then accuse Ender of?

5. What does Warmaker do to Quim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Quara and Ela go after they leave their mothers and what do they do while there?

2. What has Han-Fei-tsu discovered?

3. What do the girls think about this program?

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

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

6. What is the news Jane has that warrants waking up Wang-mu?

7. What is this new Peter's goal?

8. What happens to Qing-jao?

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

10. How does Novinha take Quim's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the will to live and the right to life. How are they different? How are they similar? How can one aid the other? How is one not possible without the other?

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

Novinha reacts rather roughly to Quim's death with her entire family, hardest on Ender. Do you think her actions were justified? Why or why not? As her actions were largely based on emotion, figure out a few things she could have done more logically and create an argument as though you were trying to convince her to use logic in the face of emotion.

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