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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. For what is the ansible used?

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

3. How many other battles have there been with the Buggers?

4. What is Bean doing at the opening to Chapter 17?

5. Why is Bean hindered from doing as well as the others in the Dragon army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the Command School located, and what does Bean suspect about the team’s training?

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

3. What does Bean learn about Achilles at the Battle School, and how do Bean and Achilles get along?

4. Who helps Bean during the argument among the Dragon members, and why does he help Bean?

5. What could the informtion about Bean's parents that Carlotta learned in Chapter 14 mean to Bean?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare/contrast the characters of Bean and Ender. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Achilles and Nikolai. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

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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