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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. In Chapter 11, what does Bean learn Ender reads or watches?

2. How do the older students treat the new ones?

3. What second function do the students' desks serve?

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

5. What does Sister Carlotta believe about Bean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Poke live and how does she meet Bean?

2. What does Dimak do with the new students when they first arrive on the Battle School?

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

4. What does Carlotta learn from Anton about Bean’s DNA?

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

6. How does Carlotta discover where Bean lived before being a member of Poke, and where did Bean live?

7. What does Carlotta consider when she meets Achilles, and what invitation does she extend to Poke’s gang?

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

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

10. What is Bean’s first encounter with a Battle School officer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bean sees Achilles kiss Poke and then later she is found dead. Bean knows that Achilles killed her.

Why do you think Achilles kills Poke, and what is some of the foreshadowing before it happens that may have led a reader to suspect it was going to happen? Use examples from Ender’s Shadow to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes Ender’s Shadow interesting.

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Bean. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Ender.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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