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

2. Why does Sister Carlotta need what she gets from Colonel Graff?

3. How does Poke die?

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

5. How old does Sister Carlotta think Bean really is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Carlotta discover about Bean, and what does she think of her discovery?

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

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

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

7. How does Carlotta learn more about Bean?

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

9. Where does Poke live and how does she meet Bean?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Poke finds Bean on the streets she takes him into her crew. He shows the crew how to work together to get their needs met.

Discuss the ways in which Bean changes the lives of Poke’s crew.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Ender’s Shadow. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Card chooses the symbols he does?

Essay Topic 3

Although the battle is a victory for earth, the entire fleet is killed to achieve it.

Do you think Ender sacrificing the entire fleet was the right choice? Do you think if Bean had been the leader he would have been able to do the same as Ender? Why or why not?

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