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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 say will have a different meaning in space?

2. What does Ender force the leader of Salamander Army to let him do?

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

4. Who is Ender compared to after his confrontation with Stilson?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Giant’s Drink?

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

4. How do Petra and Ender become friends?

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

6. What is the game room for?

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

8. How does Ender get past the Giant’s Drink?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ender has a lot of emotional turmoil because of the mind game. What happens in the mind game to cause this, and why is it so important in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Ender makes some interesting goals at the end of the book. What goals does Matt make at the end of the book, and how does he decide upon these goals?

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