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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. What was done to the rooms and halls of the Command School?

2. What does Ender do with his Dragon army at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. What happens after the first practice of the Dragon army?

4. For what does Bean negotiate with Graff in Chapter 17?

5. How does Major Anderson react to Ender’s strategy in the practice battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bean plan to do with the safety cord he gets from supply?

2. Why are Ender and Bean taken out of the Dragon Army?

3. What is an ansible and how is it used?

4. What does Bean discover about the key to fighting the Buggers and how is the war going?

5. What does Bean do with his toon at the beginning of Chapter 17 and what does Bean ask Graff?

6. How does Ender use Bean’s ideas with safety rope in a practice battle?

7. What weakness does Bean observe about Ender’s strategies?

8. What does Graff tell the team about the war after Ender’s last battle and what do they hear in the Command School?

9. What does Carlotta learn about the biological relationship between Volescu and Bean?

10. What does Graff tell Carlotta about Achilles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Sister Carlotta seems to be a kind and caring person even though she recruits children for the military.

Discuss the dichotomy between Carlotta recruiting children for a military, which may or may not harm them, and the fact that she also seems to care about the children.

Essay Topic 3

Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Ender’s Shadow. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are most concerned with freedom and about what their concern is centered. What are some symbols of freedom and of imprisonment? Discuss the characters who see themselves as "imprisoned" and what they think they need to be free.

Trace and analyze the theme of satisfaction with one’s life in Ender’s Shadow. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess be satisfied with their life and which are not? Why?

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