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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. When is it predicted Bean will die?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Bean learn Ender reads or watches?

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

5. Why does Bean refuse to play the desk game?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Carlotta learn more about Bean?

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

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?

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

Bean’s DNA has been manipulated to make him possibly the smartest person on earth.

Discuss the ways in which Bean’s life has been affected by the genetic work done on him.

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