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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. Why is Ender drugged at the beginning of the book?

3. What does each chapter start with?

4. Why does Graff say Ender can’t be free?

5. Where does Ender get to go when he finally passes the Giant’s Drink?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Peter hate Ender?

3. What is a monitor?

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

5. How does each chapter in this book begin?

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

7. What are Peter’s ambitions in life?

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

9. What is the game room for?

10. What bothers General Levy about Battle School?

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

The passage of time becomes relative in this book. Why is this, and how does this affect the tone of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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