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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 is the first person to accept Graff's offer?

2. Who does Petra marry after Bean leaves?

3. What kind of people does Virlomi want to get out of her country?

4. Who does Bean compare Alai to when talking about his desire to build?

5. What scares Randi about her son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Randi feel when Bean is killed, and why?

2. Why was Peter denied entrance to Battle School?

3. What do Peter's parents say when they visit him, and how does Peter react?

4. What does Virlomi do after getting a call from Suri?

5. Who is Virlomi's third visitor, and what does he ask of her?

6. What does Graff offer as an alternative to forming a peaceful Earth?

7. Why does Alai tell Virlomi to wait to start a war, and how does she respond to this advice?

8. Who does Peter want to write his biography, and why?

9. Why does Peter have few responsibilities at the end of the book?

10. Why do Rackham and Graff want to establish world peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dedication was a trait that caused a lot of problems for people in this book. What are some of these instances, and how did the characters in these instances respond to the situations?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Peter have such a strong reaction to the compliments from his mother, and how did this encouragement change his actions?

Essay Topic 3

How did the literary tool of symbolism affect this plot, and what were some of the most important symbols?

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