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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. For what is Mazer Rackham noted?
(a) Killing the Queen of the Formics.
(b) Saving Ender's life.
(c) Rebelling against IF authority.
(d) Leading the strike force that defeated the invasion.

2. Why does the IF officer target Bean in Chapter 5?
(a) To humiliate Bean.
(b) To make Bean quit school.
(c) To make Bean lose his temper.
(d) To show Bean that brains is not what Bean should rely upon.

3. Who is Pablo de Noches?
(a) A janitor with whom Bean had been living.
(b) Achilles' uncle.
(c) Bean's uncle.
(d) One of the officials in IF.

4. On what city's streets does Bean survive?
(a) London.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Rotterdam.

5. With whom does Sister Carlotta speak in Sofia, Bulgaria?
(a) An artificial intelligence computer.
(b) Bean's grandmother.
(c) A metals tycoon.
(d) An exiled Russian scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't IF accept Achilles?

2. From whose bread does Achilles not take a bite?

3. Who is Helga Braun?

4. What does Bean realize about the floor vents in the ventilation system?

5. What does Bean decide he needs to do after realizing the floor vents are not useful?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Achilles begin to insinuate himself into the group as the leader in Chapter 2?

2. Who does Helga Braun contact regarding Poke’s gang and what does that person do when she comes to see the gang?

3. What does Colonel Graff do when he reads Bean’s diary entry about Achilles?

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

5. What does Dimak do with the new students when they first arrive on the Battle School?

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

7. What does Bean learn when he enters the ventilation system again and what does he decide to do?

8. What does Carlotta consider when she meets Achilles, and what invitation does she extend to Poke’s gang?

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

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

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