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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 Bernard hit Ender with in Chapter 4?

2. What is the label on the door in the mind game in Chapter 7?

3. How do Enders’s parents feel about him?

4. What do the guns in the battle room do?

5. What does Valentine have to protect Ender from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers General Levy about Battle School?

2. What is a monitor?

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

4. What makes Ender decide to go to Battle School?

5. How does Alai bid farewell to Ender?

6. What is the game room for?

7. Why does Peter hate Ender?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are so many people unable to accept Ender, and what does this indicate about the society this book takes place in?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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