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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. Where is the emergency meeting held?

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

3. Who else does Ender recreate?

4. Why does Jane believe that Han and Wang-mu can solve the idea of traveling faster than light?

5. What does Valentine suggest the governing forces of Path do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Qing-jao?

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

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

5. What is this new Peter's goal?

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

7. What is Grego doing?

8. What secrets does this unlock about the descolada?

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

10. What does Valentine think about Olhado and therefore ask of him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miro and Valentine have an argument about the destruction of Lusitania. Compare and contrast the two points of view and then align yourself with one argument. What makes this argument most compelling to you? Why do you agree with it? If you agree with neither, briefly describe your argument and explain how it differs from the ones mentioned.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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