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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 Valentine comfort Ender about when he comes home in Chapter 2?

2. What does Stilson tease Ender about?

3. What is removed from Ender at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What does Valentine talk Peter out of in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Giant’s Drink?

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

3. What are Peter’s ambitions in life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Alai bid farewell to Ender?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leadership is a very prominent theme in this book. Who are some of the main leaders in this book, and what makes them the true leaders? Is there more than one protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Orson Scott Card have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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