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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. Who do they appoint as the God of Path?

2. Who does Wang-mu approach needing help with the descolada?

3. What do they ask for when they get there?

4. Why is it that Jane feels that she should not stop messages from Path?

5. What does the bishop do to Miro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secrets does this unlock about the descolada?

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

3. How does Novinha take Quim's death?

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

5. Why is Novinha so upset with her husband, Ender?

6. What is the solution to this newfound problem?

7. What is Grego doing?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Instead of allowing herself to be released from her obsessive compulsive disorder, Qing-jao throws herself further into it. Why is this the case? Why do you think, that even once it has been proven that the people of Path were being controlled, that Qing-jao still wants to be a part of a created religion meant to keep its population in subservience? Do you draw any parallels to our world here?

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