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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. How does Bean get to know the students in detail in Chapter 11?

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

4. With whom does IF believe Bean is overly obsessed?

5. Whose room does Bean find soon after entering the vent system?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Bean tell about Achilles being a murderer, and what is Carlotta’s final decision concerning Bean and Achilles?

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

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

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

10. What are the first two things that Bean sees while using the ventilation system?

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

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

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?

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