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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. What does Sister Carlotta learn about Bean's DNA?

2. How does Sister Carlotta react when Bean tells her about Poke?

3. What concerns one of the higher-grade officers about Bean?

4. Who is Helga Braun?

5. Who contacts Dr. Volescu?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Carlotta begin to investigate Bean’s origins and what does she think it might be?

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

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

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

6. What does Bean do when introduced to his desk, and why does it do that?

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

8. How does Bean end up on Ender’s team, and what does he do that Ender does not know?

9. How does Bean find out about the ventilating system and for what does he decide to use it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ender’s Shadow belongs to the science fiction genre.

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the science fiction genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a science fiction and a historical novel or mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Buggers and humans live in very different societies.

Discuss the differences between Bugger and human societies including the advantages and disadvantages of both societies.

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Orson Scott Card. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Card's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Card's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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