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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 get past the Giant’s Drink?

2. What does Ender say he learned from living with Peter?

3. What does Graff try to convince Ender to do in Chapter 3?

4. Who does Ender think will be his first friend at Battle School?

5. Who befriends Ender in Salamander Army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What bothers General Levy about Battle School?

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

5. How does each chapter in this book begin?

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

7. What is the game room for?

8. What are Peter’s ambitions in life?

9. How does Peter feel when Graff comes to talk to Ender?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Valentine and Peter become Locke and Demosthenes. Why do they do this, and how is the plot altered because of this?

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