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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 was done to the rooms and halls of the Command School?

2. How could Bean be related to Nikolai?

3. Who has Anderson replaced in the practice battle?

4. Where do Nikolai's parents live?

5. For what is the ansible used?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Graff tell Carlotta about Achilles?

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

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

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

8. Why do Ender and Bean have a confrontation in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story?

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