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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 are Buggers?

2. Who do the I.F. men want to talk to at Ender’s house in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Graff want Ender to be isolated?

4. How does Ender feel at school at the beginning of the book?

5. Why does Bernard pick on Shen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ender become the highest rank soldier in Salamander Army?

2. Why does Ender say he hurt Stilson so much?

3. What brings Ender and Alai together in Chapter 6?

4. Why doesn’t Graff force Ender to go to Battle School?

5. Why does Ender think he will never be friends with Peter?

6. How do Petra and Ender become friends?

7. Why does Peter hate Ender?

8. What does Ender do to Stilson, and why?

9. What is a monitor?

10. How does Ender deal with the bullying from Bernard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reality and Fantasy

a. Where are the lines of Fantasy and Reality blurred in the book?

b. What are some ethical dilemmas raised in this book when the lines between Fantasy and Reality are blurred?

Essay Topic 2

Childhood

a. What does this book change about the normalcy in childhood?

b. How does Ender’s unique childhood affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Technology is a very integral theme in the book. Where does this theme come into play, and which characters are most affected by it?

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