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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't IF accept Achilles?
(a) Because he is crippled.
(b) Because he is mixed race.
(c) Because of his psychological profile.
(d) Because his parents won't give permission.

2. What does Bean notice in the person's room found soon after entering the vent system?
(a) There is a holographic video conference going on at the moment.
(b) The room is rigged with bugs.
(c) It is luxuriously furnished.
(d) It is very spartan.

3. What is the purpose of Achilles' manipulations among the children of the crew?
(a) To help Poke maintain control of the group.
(b) To keep the children from thinking about how hard their lives are.
(c) To get them to take responsibility for themselves.
(d) To wrest loyalty of the crew members away from Poke.

4. What does Bean let interfere with his strategy in responding to the officer?
(a) Bean's awe of the man.
(b) Bean's need for acceptance.
(c) The man's gun.
(d) Bean's emotions.

5. With what crime is Dr. Volescu charged?
(a) None.
(b) Murder.
(c) Espionage.
(d) Fraud.

6. How does Bean get to know the students in detail in Chapter 11?
(a) Asking Dimak about them.
(b) Asking them questions.
(c) Reading up in their records.
(d) Observing them.

7. What kind of threat do Colonel Graff and Captain Dimak discuss while Bean is observing them?
(a) If Bean is a security threat.
(b) If the Formics have entered the neighboring galaxy.
(c) If bringing Achilles to the station would be a threat.
(d) If Sister Carlotta's information could be a security threat.

8. What does Sister Carlotta decide to do concerning Bean as revealed in Chapter 6?
(a) Research projects that could have produced Bean.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Send Bean's description to various scientific communities.
(d) Take DNA samples and run them through a data base.

9. What does Sister Carlotta believe about Bean?
(a) His parents are placed high up in the world council.
(b) He is a plant by the enemy.
(c) He is the product of a genetic experiment.
(d) He has several siblings in two other continents.

10. Why does Sister Carlotta need what she gets from Colonel Graff?
(a) To take over as CEO of the World Food Bank.
(b) To take over as Bean's legal guardian.
(c) To serve on the strike force planning group.
(d) To research more about Bean.

11. What does Ender not know about the members of his team?
(a) That they all are several years younger than Ender.
(b) That they were all chosen by Bean.
(c) That they all owe Graff a special debt.
(d) That they all have higher IQs than Ender.

12. What is the name of the Captain who confronts Bean in Chapter 5?
(a) No name is mentioned.
(b) Arkanian.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Dimak.

13. What does Sister Carlotta invite Poke's crew to do?
(a) Attend a presentation about careers.
(b) Go tour the Battle School.
(c) Attend a concert at her home.
(d) Attend her school.

14. With whom is Captain Dimak speaking in the opening to Chapter 6?
(a) Captain Arkanian.
(b) Dimak's superior officer.
(c) Captain Madrid.
(d) Bean.

15. Who is the top gamer when Bean arrives at the station?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) McCoy.
(c) Petra.
(d) Bean.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bean get his name?

2. What is one way Bean sets into motion his decision about Ender in Chapter 11?

3. What does Sister Carlotta learn about Bean's intelligence?

4. What is said about Achilles' leg?

5. Who becomes known as the Papa of the crew?

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