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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 is Bean’s response to Graff’s questions about Bean’s knowledge?

2. Into how many units does Ender organize his Dragon army?

3. How far in the future is the final battle with the Buggers?

4. What relation is Dr. Volescu to Julian Delphiki?

5. What does Bean want that Ender says Bean must earn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the schedule of practices change, and how does the Dragon army win a battle in less than a minute?

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

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

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

6. What does Ender do with his team in the battle room in Chapter 13, and why is Bean at a disadvantage?

7. How does Bean set up Achilles to be submitted to justice?

8. How does Ender defeat the Buggers?

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

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

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

Graff seems to think Bean is different than all the other students at the Battle School. He even questions if Bean is human.

Discuss the differences and similarities between Bean and the other students at the Battle School. Do you think there is any reason to suspect Bean is not human?

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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