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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. For how long has Jane been alive?

2. About what is the Bishop concerned?

3. On whom has Ender become dependent?

4. When must Ouanda bring Ender to the piggies?

5. Who does Dom Cristao have to meet at the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ender say at the speaking?

2. In what way does Jane's disappearance affect Ender?

3. What does Ender learn about the piggies in Chapter 17?

4. How does Ender convince the doctor to speak to him about Marcao?

5. Why does Ouanda not want Ender to come to the forest to meet the piggies?

6. Why does Jane refuse to talk to Ender?

7. How does Ender respond to Jane's teasing?

8. What does Ender realize about Novinha's files in this chapter?

9. What happens to Miro when he tries to climb the fence?

10. Of what does the doctor say Marcao died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Card's writing style. How would you describe Card's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Card's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the fence that divides the two races.

1) What purpose does the fence serve? Who does the fence benefit?

2) What problems could the fence cause the planet in the future?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: "The Speaker of the Dead examines the problems problems that can occur in a monoreligous state." Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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