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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Sister Carlotta to look into Bean's origins?
(a) Seeing a special tattoo on his shoulder.
(b) Hearing Bean's odd accent.
(c) Learning that he can read.
(d) Reading some papers Bean gives Sister Carlotta.

2. Who contacts Dr. Volescu?
(a) Sister Carlotta.
(b) Bean's parents.
(c) Colonel Graff.
(d) Captain Dimak.

3. How does Bean meet Petra Arkanian?
(a) She is the corpsman assigned to do his physical.
(b) She confronts him when he is in an unauthorized area.
(c) She assigned as his mentor.
(d) She is his dorm leader.

4. What does Bean notice in the person's room found soon after entering the vent system?
(a) The room is rigged with bugs.
(b) It is luxuriously furnished.
(c) It is very spartan.
(d) There is a holographic video conference going on at the moment.

5. What does Sister Carlotta believe about Bean?
(a) He is a plant by the enemy.
(b) He is the product of a genetic experiment.
(c) He has several siblings in two other continents.
(d) His parents are placed high up in the world council.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom is Captain Dimak speaking in the opening to Chapter 6?

3. What does the person to whom Dimak speaks say is intimidating?

4. How old does the kid appear to be that Poke sees on top of a garbage can?

5. What is a launchy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Poke do with Bean, and what does he suggest to her?

3. Why might Graff decide to have Bean lead the next battle against the Buggers?

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

5. How does Bean meet Bonzo? Who is Bonzo?

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

7. How does Bean find information about Ender in Chapter 11, and why does Bean want that information?

8. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew get more to eat?

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

10. 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?

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