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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. Where does Bean set a trap for Achilles?

2. How many other battles have there been with the Buggers?

3. Where does Anderson transfer Bean?

4. Why does an argument break out among some in the Dragon army in Chapter15?

5. Why does the Rabbit army lose battles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bean do with the Rabbit Army in Chapter 21, and why does he do it?

2. What weakness does Bean observe about Ender’s strategies?

3. What does Bean learn about Achilles at the Battle School, and how do Bean and Achilles get along?

4. Who helps Bean during the argument among the Dragon members, and why does he help Bean?

5. What does Bean do on the way to Tactical School and what is the team taught at Tactical School?

6. How does Ender use Bean’s ideas with safety rope in a practice battle?

7. What is an ansible and how is it used?

8. What do members of the Salamander army threaten and what does Bean do when he sees them?

9. What does Carlotta learn about the biological relationship between Volescu and Bean?

10. How does Ender defeat the Buggers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Ender’s Shadow. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are most concerned with freedom and about what their concern is centered. What are some symbols of freedom and of imprisonment? Discuss the characters who see themselves as "imprisoned" and what they think they need to be free.

Trace and analyze the theme of satisfaction with one’s life in Ender’s Shadow. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess be satisfied with their life and which are not? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Ender is the person chosen to lead the fleet in the final battle.

Discuss reasons Ender was the right choice for leader and why he might have been the wrong choice.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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