No, a cover letter is not always a advertisement, so it could be true OR false. But based on your question, I'd say true.
The italicized word is <em>extremely </em>and the correct answer is intensive.
The word extremely is an adverb, which means that you can rule out <em>noun, adjective, </em>and <em>verb </em>immediately. You can also rule out <em>empty word </em>because <em>extremely </em>has a particular meaning on its own, which means that it cannot be empty. Thus, we are left with one option only - <em />intensive.
In chapter 7 Ender begins to feel homesick because he is worried about having friends that are girls will ruin his street cred. He also misses his parents and friends.
No no, I'm not joking that is the result I got from googling it and from reading it myself a year back.