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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 does Sister Carlotta learn at the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. How does Bean exhibit his powers of persuasion in Chapter 18?

3. How many copies of four fertilized eggs did the Delphiki's create?

4. What happens to Achilles after Bean's trap?

5. What does the ten member team learn at Tactical School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does the Dragon army fight in Chapter 15 and what is the result of that battle?

4. What does Bean do on the way to Tactical School and what is the team taught at Tactical School?

5. What is the final situation with the Russians, and what happens to the children after the war?

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

7. What does Bean do with the Rabbit Army in Chapter 21, and why does he do it?

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

9. What does Achilles think about doing to Bean in Chapter 17 and why?

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

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

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Ender’s Shadow, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

Battle School, though for training children soldiers, is still a school with fairly young students.

What are some of the social, power and educational structures in Battle School which correspond to the schools in present day America?

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