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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 have to protect Ender from?

2. Who do the I.F. men want to talk to at Ender’s house in Chapter 3?

3. Why doesn’t Peter like Ender?

4. Where does Peter first hurt Ender?

5. What religion was Ender’s mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What upsets Ender so much when he gets past the Giant’s Drink?

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

7. How does Ender deal with the stress and frustration in his first days at Battle School?

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

9. What does Peter do that shocks Ender?

10. Why does Ender think he will never be friends with Peter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Ender is a third, which sets him apart from the others. What does this mean, and why is this so important in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Fear and Courage are two themes that seem to appear in tandem many times in this book. What are some of these instances, and why do they always appear together?

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