View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of home does Virlomi build for herself in India?

2. Which of the following doubts Bean's ability to destroy the successful Middle Eastern Army?

3. What does Fly say he is NOT ready to do?

4. Why does Bean know the first battle plans will be poorly planned?

5. Who does Virlomi think is trying to control her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chakepar offer to Virlomi, and how is this offer received?

2. What does Virlomi say is the only thing she really wants from Alai?

3. Who does Peter want to write his biography, and why?

4. Why does Peter have few responsibilities at the end of the book?

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

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

7. What does Bean tell Graff after he is already on the starship?

8. Why do Rackham and Graff want to establish world peace?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the literary tool of symbolism affect this plot, and what were some of the most important symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Dedication was a trait that caused a lot of problems for people in this book. What are some of these instances, and how did the characters in these instances respond to the situations?

Essay Topic 3

Bean and Peter are similar in many ways, and yet they have some important differences. Using citations from the book, compare and contrast these two important characters from the book.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 751 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample