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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. Who does Bean suggest to Poke that they intimidate?

2. How does Achilles help the younger children of Poke's crew?

3. What does Colonel Graff talk to Captain Dimak about concerning Bean?

4. What does Bean observe after leaving the conference between Graff and Dimak?

5. What confuses Bean when he observes what Achilles does when Achilles meets with Poke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Carlotta learn about Bean’s growth rate?

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

4. How does Bean find out about other areas of the Battle School and what happens to him while he is exploring the Battle School?

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

6. What surprises Dimak about Bean’s thoughts on the war, and what does Bean think about what might happen if the earth should win the war?

7. With whom does Carlotta talk about the experiment done on Bean and how does she get the information out of the man?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Buggers and humans live in very different societies.

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

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