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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 on the big map indicates a country joining the FPE?

2. Who is leading the first army to attack the Indian Army?

3. Who watches Bean's children during his unofficial meeting?

4. What surprises Peter about Virlomi's marriage to Alai?

5. Who does Peter ask to write his biography?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alai say in his message to his people?

2. Why does Alai tell Virlomi to wait to start a war, and how does she respond to this advice?

3. What does Bean do when he realizes he is going into space sooner than expected?

4. What important question does Petra ask her mother, and what is her mother's response?

5. How does Virlomi feel about Ender's Jeesh, and why?

6. What does Graff offer as an alternative to forming a peaceful Earth?

7. What do Peter's parents say when they visit him, and how does Peter react?

8. How does Crazy Tom say an army would be able to beat Bean in war?

9. What does Petra's mother say when she hears that Bean is going into space to save his life?

10. How does Randi feel when Bean is killed, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the symbol of war change the course of this plot, and which characters were most affected because of the war?

Essay Topic 2

Violence is something that is resorted to a number of times in this book, and yet some characters feel justified in their violent actions. Who are some of these characters, and how does their feeling about violence affect their place in the plot and the characters who are in contact with them?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and Fear are two very important themes that overlap in this book many times. What are some examples of this, and how do these examples affect the progression of the plot?

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