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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 Mazer’s last name?

2. Who does Ender come to understand when he works with Bean in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 14, how long of a break did Ender have before Command school?

4. What does Ender see in the mirror in the mind game in Chapter 8?

5. Why doesn’t Graff give Pace’s worries any credence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the Buggers be defeated by taking out one ship?

2. Why does Valentine agree to help Peter with his propaganda?

3. How do Locke and Demosthenes begin?

4. Who is Ender’s teacher, and why is this important?

5. What does Ender see in the mirror in the mind game, and how does this affect him?

6. What does Ender’s relationship with Bean remind Ender of?

7. What causes Ender to single out Bean?

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

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

10. What does Ender do when Rose commands him to stop training his Launchies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

War

a. How does the theme of war present itself in this book?

b. What are some of the different ideas of war in this book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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