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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 Dimak say about the leadership of the team?

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

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

4. What is one other thing Graff tells Carlotta about Achilles in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 17, for what does Bean use the material he gathers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Graff tell Carlotta about Achilles?

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

9. What does Carlotta discover about Bean’s parents, and what do they tell her as to how Bean might have been conceived?

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

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

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare/contrast the characters of Bean and Ender. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Achilles and Nikolai. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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