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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns one of the higher-grade officers about Bean?
(a) That Bean will receive special treatment.
(b) That Bean will never learn how to command.
(c) That Bean will not listen to orders.
(d) That Bean will be a flash in the pan.

2. With what crime is Dr. Volescu charged?
(a) None.
(b) Murder.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Espionage.

3. Why does Bean refuse to play the desk game?
(a) It would reveal too much about him.
(b) It is too hard.
(c) He thinks it's boring.
(d) It is too violent.

4. How does Achilles treat the younger children?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) As slaves.
(c) As if they are his own children.
(d) As if he is the general and they are soldiers.

5. How old does Sister Carlotta think Bean really is?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

6. What is a launchy?
(a) A new student.
(b) A small craft that is launched out of a bay of a larger craft.
(c) A combat stick.
(d) A boat used for rescue operations.

7. When is it predicted Bean will die?
(a) No one knows when someone will die.
(b) Bean is expected to have a normal life span.
(c) In his late fifties.
(d) In his mid-twenties.

8. How old does the kid appear to be that Poke sees on top of a garbage can?
(a) 15.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

9. What causes several anxiety attacks in the person that Sister Carlotta speaks to in Bulgaria?
(a) Injury due to an accident.
(b) A genetic defect.
(c) A drug habit.
(d) An implantation.

10. What does Bean decide he needs to do after realizing the floor vents are not useful?
(a) Remove the sound absorption materials.
(b) He needs to get into the intake system.
(c) Snake a video cam through each vent.
(d) Use a computer layout program to erase the monitoring system.

11. How does Sister Carlotta react when Bean tells her about Poke?
(a) She debates about who to send to IF.
(b) She does not believe Bean.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She plans to confront Achilles.

12. Whose room does Bean find soon after entering the vent system?
(a) Bonzo.
(b) Ender.
(c) Dimak.
(d) Petra.

13. What is the purpose of Achilles' manipulations among the children of the crew?
(a) To wrest loyalty of the crew members away from Poke.
(b) To keep the children from thinking about how hard their lives are.
(c) To get them to take responsibility for themselves.
(d) To help Poke maintain control of the group.

14. What is Dimak's reply to the warning he is given in Chapter 6?
(a) That nothing has ever intimidated the enemy before.
(b) That Dimak is not intimidated.
(c) That Captain's Madrid's insolence is hiding insecurity.
(d) That anyone would feel slow-witted around Bean.

15. In Chapter 11, what does Bean learn Ender reads or watches?
(a) Science Fiction.
(b) Information about the Second Invasion.
(c) Ancient Roman battle strategies.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Poke?

2. Who does Bean blame for the injuries of the hurt bully?

3. Why does Bean want to have several user names and passwords?

4. What does sister Carlotta obtain from Colonel Graff?

5. What kind of threat do Colonel Graff and Captain Dimak discuss while Bean is observing them?

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