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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 created the Locke Proposal?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what does Ender promise to be for Bean?

4. Why isn’t Ender’s platoon leader a commander?

5. Why does Graff think the Buggers attacked them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Valentine get Ender to agree to go to Command School?

4. How does Ender feel when he gets a letter from Valentine?

5. What does Valentine write to Ender in Chapter 9, and why?

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

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

8. What is Dragon Army like when Ender is placed as the Commander?

9. How do Locke and Demosthenes begin?

10. How were the lines between games and reality blurred?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ender and Graff have a very strange bond. What is this bond like, and how did it come to be?

Essay Topic 2

Ender is seen as the only hope for mankind even though he is only a small child. Why is he viewed in this way, and what does he do in response to these expectations?

Essay Topic 3

Childhood

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

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

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