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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. What is said about Achilles' leg?

2. When is it predicted Bean will die?

3. How do the adults know where the students are?

4. Who does Bean suggest to Poke that they intimidate?

5. Whose room does Bean find soon after entering the vent system?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Achilles begin to insinuate himself into the group as the leader in Chapter 2?

2. How does Carlotta learn more about Bean?

3. What does Dimak’s superior tell Dimak about Bean, and what is Dimak’s response?

4. What surprises Dimak about Bean’s thoughts on the war, and what does Bean think about what might happen if the earth should win the war?

5. Who does Helga Braun contact regarding Poke’s gang and what does that person do when she comes to see the gang?

6. How does Carlotta begin to investigate Bean’s origins and what does she think it might be?

7. How does Bean end up on Ender’s team, and what does he do that Ender does not know?

8. What does Colonel Graff do when he reads Bean’s diary entry about Achilles?

9. What does Bean do with the school records of other students in Chapter 11?

10. What does Bean do when introduced to his desk, and why does it do that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sister Carlotta seems to be a kind and caring person even though she recruits children for the military.

Discuss the dichotomy between Carlotta recruiting children for a military, which may or may not harm them, and the fact that she also seems to care about the children.

Essay Topic 2

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character.

Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not? Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Ender’s Shadow help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Ender’s Shadow? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Orson Scott Card. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Card's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Card's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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