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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 tall is Bean predicted to become?

2. What is one way Bean sets into motion his decision about Ender in Chapter 11?

3. What is the name of the person Carlotta speaks to in Bulgaria?

4. What is said about Achilles' leg?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bean discover that Achilles is a murderer?

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

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

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

5. How does Carlotta learn more about Bean?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Graff seems to think Bean is different than all the other students at the Battle School. He even questions if Bean is human.

Discuss the differences and similarities between Bean and the other students at the Battle School. Do you think there is any reason to suspect Bean is not human?

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

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.

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