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 is the youngest child trying to take apart?

2. What is the name of the book Ender wrote?

3. For how long does Ender travel?

4. What other name do the colonists use to refer to the piggies?

5. What may the humans do to the piggies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was present day Lusitania formed?

2. How does Jane persuade Ender to go to Lusitania?

3. Why does no one know that Andrew Wiggin is really Ender?

4. Describe Ender's flight to Lusitania?

5. How do the authorities deal with Pipo's death?

6. How does Ender deal with Grego's violence?

7. Why does Ender go to Lusitania?

8. Why is Novinha jealous of Ender?

9. How does Ender learn about Pipo's death?

10. In what way is Marcao cruel to his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Speaker for the Dead is a famous book which has greatly influenced the science fiction genre. Choose a science fiction book written after Speaker for the Dead that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss their similarities in terms of:

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Card's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Card use character and setting to express these themes?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 664 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample