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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. In Chapter 18, what has Achilles become since Bean last saw Achilles?

2. What can be done to a flash suit for strategic reasons?

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

4. Who has Anderson replaced in the practice battle?

5. What is the first thing Ender does with the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ender defeat the Buggers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Orson Scott Card. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Card's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Card's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

Buggers and humans live in very different societies.

Discuss the differences between Bugger and human societies including the advantages and disadvantages of both societies.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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