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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 Bean want that Ender says Bean must earn?

3. About what does Sister Carlotta warn Graff, in Chapter 14, concerning Achilles and Bean?

4. How does Bean lure Achilles into his trap?

5. How does Ender use some of this soldiers in a practice battle in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ender defeat the Buggers?

2. How does the final confrontation between Ender and Bonzo take place and what happens?

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

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

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

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

7. What do members of the Salamander army threaten and what does Bean do when he sees them?

8. How many are on the team that is going to fight the Buggers, and what does Anderson think about the leadership of that team?

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

10. What does Graff tell Carlotta about Achilles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two.

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Ender’s Shadow is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Ender’s Shadow. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Card chooses the symbols he does?

Essay Topic 3

Bean and Ender seem to come to a good working relationship although they have moments of confrontation.

Discuss Bean and Ender’s relationship. Would you call them friends? How does their relationship differ from what would be students in a normal school? Do you think Ender likes Bean? What about Bean liking Ender? Use examples from Ender’s Shadow to support your response.

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