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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. When does Peter apologize to Ender in Chapter 2?

2. Where does Ender get to go when he finally passes the Giant’s Drink?

3. What are Buggers?

4. What does Graff want to do with Ender when he gets to Battle School?

5. What is Anderson’s profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ender become the highest rank soldier in Salamander Army?

2. What does Peter do that shocks Ender?

3. What does Dap refuse to do which infuriates Bernard?

4. How does Ender deal with the stress and frustration in his first days at Battle School?

5. What is the game room for?

6. What is Ender’s relationship with his parents like, and why?

7. What bothers General Levy about Battle School?

8. What brings Ender and Alai together in Chapter 6?

9. What is a monitor?

10. How does Ender shock everyone in the game room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Childhood

a. What does this book change about the normalcy in childhood?

b. How does Ender’s unique childhood affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Ender has a lot of emotional turmoil because of the mind game. What happens in the mind game to cause this, and why is it so important in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Leadership is a very prominent theme in this book. Who are some of the main leaders in this book, and what makes them the true leaders? Is there more than one protagonist?

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