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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 is the label on the door in the mind game in Chapter 7?

2. What does Graff say was not part of a recent suicide?

3. How does Graff turn some of the children in Ender’s launch group against him?

4. Who is the leader of Salamander Army?

5. What is Ender’s last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Peter hate Ender?

3. How does each chapter in this book begin?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the game room for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Childhood

a. What does this book change about the normalcy in childhood?

b. How does Ender’s unique childhood affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The importance and influence of family relations is a very strong theme present in this book. What are some of the instances of this theme, and which characters were most affected by the presence of this theme?

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