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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. How does Ender block out the pain of his isolation?

2. How does Ender feel when he finally passes the Giant’s Drink?

3. Why does Graff want Ender to be isolated?

4. What are Buggers?

5. Who befriends Ender in Salamander Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Petra and Ender become friends?

2. What makes Ender laugh when he first gets to space?

3. What is a monitor?

4. How does each chapter in this book begin?

5. What upsets Ender so much when he gets past the Giant’s Drink?

6. What does Dap refuse to do which infuriates Bernard?

7. How does Ender shock everyone in the game room?

8. What is a third and why is it so significant?

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

10. How does Ender get past the Giant’s Drink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Fear and Courage are two themes that seem to appear in tandem many times in this book. What are some of these instances, and why do they always appear together?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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