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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 Ender do in the game room in Chapter 5 that shocks everyone?

2. Where does Peter first hurt Ender?

3. How does Alai bid farewell to Ender in Chapter 7?

4. What is in the Giant’s drink?

5. What does Valentine comfort Ender about when he comes home in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ender’s relationship with his parents like, and why?

2. How does each chapter in this book begin?

3. How do Petra and Ender become friends?

4. How does Ender deal with the stress and frustration in his first days at Battle School?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Valentine get Peter to leave Ender alone?

10. Why does Peter hate Ender?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The importance and influence of family relations is a very strong theme present in this book. What are some of the instances of this theme, and which characters were most affected by the presence of this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Ender changes in his attitudes towards humans throughout the book. What are these changes, and what brings them about?

Essay Topic 3

War

a. How does the theme of war present itself in this book?

b. What are some of the different ideas of war in this book?

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