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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. Who does Ender spend time with when he isn’t training at Command School?

2. Who is the only commander to treat Ender well when he becomes a commander?

3. Who is Locke?

4. What is so disconcerting to Ender about what he sees in the mirror in the mind game?

5. What part of Ender does he think the teachers like best?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ender win the war?

2. Why is Ender placed in unfair battles in Chapter 11?

3. What is the first unfair battle Ender is placed in?

4. What does Ender learn on his way to Command School?

5. What does Ender do to protect himself against Bonzo?

6. Why does Ender hate fighting so much?

7. What causes Bonzo to really hate Ender?

8. What happens in Dragon Army’s first battles?

9. What causes Graff to be taken out of control of Battle School?

10. How and where does the fight with Bonzo in Chapter 12 take place?

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

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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