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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. Who does Ender spend time with when he isn’t training at Command School?

2. Why does someone want Ender to have unfair battles?

3. Why did Graff want Ender to come to Earth?

4. Which Army is Ender’s first battle against?

5. Who is Demosthenes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the Buggers be defeated by taking out one ship?

2. What does Ender do to protect himself against Bonzo?

3. Who is Ender’s teacher, and why is this important?

4. What is Dragon Army like when Ender is placed as the Commander?

5. What happens in Dragon Army’s first battles?

6. How does Ender feel after the fight with Bonzo?

7. How were the lines between games and reality blurred?

8. What causes Bonzo to really hate Ender?

9. What causes Ender to single out Bean?

10. How does Valentine get Ender to agree to go to Command School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ender and Graff have a very strange bond. What is this bond like, and how did it come to be?

Essay Topic 3

Reality and Fantasy

a. Where are the lines of Fantasy and Reality blurred in the book?

b. What are some ethical dilemmas raised in this book when the lines between Fantasy and Reality are blurred?

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