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1. What is Ender's first name?
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andrew
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2. Where is Ender's monitor at the beginning of the story?
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the back of his neck
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3. Who is Peter?
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Ender's older brother who has a demented personality
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4. What does Ender doodle on his desk?
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Maps of mountainous islands
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5. What letters march across Ender's desk?
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THIRD
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6. How does Stilson know Ender's monitor has been removed?
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There's a Bandaid on the back of Ender's neck
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7. Where does Ender kick Stilson?
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All over his body
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8. How old were Valentine and Peter when they lost their monitors?
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Valentine was 3; Peter lost his before he was 5
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9. What is a bugger?
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an alien
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10. What does Ender put on for the war game?
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A bugger mask
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11. What does Peter threaten to do to Ender?
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Kill him
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1. Who do the observers feel is the weak link? Why?
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Valentine; she and Ender genuinely love one another
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2. How does the family know someone is at the door?
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Their kitchen table (also a computer screen) beeped
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3. Who is at the door?
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Colonel Graff of the IF
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4. What does Ender do after he explains the fight to Colonel Graff?
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He cries
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5. What is Graff's job?
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Take Ender to Battle School
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6. Who comes from noncompliant families?
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Third children
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7. Who was the hero of the last bugger war?
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Mazer Rackham
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8. How long has it been since the last war?
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80 years
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9. Why can't Ender laugh when he's with the other boys going to the launch?
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He's afraid
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10. Why is Ender hungry before the launch?
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He can't eat for 20 hours before the launch
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11. Who does Graff say is the only boy with brains on the launch?
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Ender
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12. What happens to the boy Ender flips?
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He has a broken arm
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13. whose arm does Ender break on the launch?
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Bernard
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14. Why did Ender think Graff was his friend?
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Graff didn't lie to him.
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1. What bunk does Ender get?
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Bottom bunk; closes to the door
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2. What is in the compartment with the space suit?
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A pistol, similar to a laser gun
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3. What is the boys' color code?
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Red, yellow, yellow
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4. What does it mean to "ice out"?
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Kicked out of Battle School
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5. Which games does Ender study in the older boys' area?
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Battle simulation games
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6. What is the first message Ender sends on the desk?
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Cover your butt; Bernard is watching. ~God
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7. Who is the first of the Launchies to befriend Ender?
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Shen
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8. Who does Ender approach in the battle room?
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Alai
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9. What happens when Ender is shot in the foot?
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It "freezes"
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10. Who are the four boys who take on the rest of the class?
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Ender, Bernard, Shen, and Alai
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11. Who is chosen as launch leader?
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Alai
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12. How does Ender win against the Giant?
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He burrowed through the Giant's eye
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1. Where was the first army Ender was transferred to?
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Salamander Army
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2. What does Alai whisper to Ender?
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Salaam
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what does Salaam mean?
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peace
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3. What do the children at the playground game turn into?
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Wolves
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4. Why can't Ender palm his locker open at Salamander?
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No lock; no privacy
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5. Who volunteers to show Ender how to shoot?
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Petra
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6. Why does Ender think that adults at the school are the enemy?
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They never try to help him, and they change the rules of the game.
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7. Why does Ender get the Launchies to practice with him?
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They are the only ones who will practice with him, and he knows he can teach them some things.
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8. Who does Ender tell about his birthday?
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No one
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9. Why did Ender go to Battle School?
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To prepare for a war with the buggers and to save his sister, Valentine
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10. What four things has Ender learned about battles from Salamander?
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The enemy's gate is down; use my legs as a shield; a small reserve, held back until the end of the game can be decisive; soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than their commander's.
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11. Where are the things Ender values?
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In the school computer or his own head and hands
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12. For what course does Ender register?
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Personal combat course
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1. Why doesn't Dink correct his toon members when they say they don't like Ender's method of attack
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He didn't understand the orientation of gravity- it messed up his thinking
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2. Who watches Ender's first night practice after he joins the Rats?
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Petra and Dink
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3. What is the first battle order Rose gives Ender?
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He has to fight all by himself
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4. Who does Dink say is the enemy?
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The teachers
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5. What scare tactics are used on some of the Launchies who practice with Ender?
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They were being slapped and their files were being destroyed by the older boys
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6. Who starts the fight in the practice room? How does it start?
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The older boys- they mock the boys during practice
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7. How are the older boys' injuries listed in the medical report?
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Accidental collision in Null G
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8. How many boys show up for Ender's practice the night after the fight?
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45
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1. How many of Ender's night practice soldiers are in his new army?
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none
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2. What colors are assigned to Dragon Army?
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grey, orange, grey
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4. Who does Ender single out during practice?
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bean
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5. What does Bean want to become?
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to be a toon leader
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6. Why can't Ender practice during free time with his friends?
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Only members of the same army can work together
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7. Why doesn't Ender go to his army's barracks?
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He knows the best commanders only go in when they have a reason to visit
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9. Who does Ender want to defeat?
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The teachers
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1. How long does Ender train his army before its first battle?
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Less than a month
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2. Who is Ender's army's first enemy in battle?
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rabbit army
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3. Whose army does Ender's army fight in its second battle?
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Phoenix army
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4. How many battles does Ender's army fight in seven days
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7
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5. What does Ender watch in the video room?
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Videos about the first invasion and Mazer Rackham
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6. Whose strategy does Ender study in the films?
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The buggers
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7. Why doesn't Ender play the fantasy game anymore?
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because he won
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8. What does Ender ask Bean to command?
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a new toon
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9. How many men will be in the special unit
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5
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1. What is Bean's deadline?
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Thin, invisible twine
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2. Who wants to talk privately with Ender in the corridor?
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petra
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3. Who warns Ender not to be alone?
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dink
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4. What is the new rule in the game when Dragon battles Badger?
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When they disabled an enemy, it took 5 minutes to thaw
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5. Where do Bonzo and his henchmen corner Ender?
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In the locker room
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6. After the fight, what does Ender do in his room?
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cry
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7. What two armies must Dragon fight at the same time?
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tiger and bee army
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8. What surprise maneuver does Ender order?
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they created a formation
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9. What army will Bean command?
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Rabbit
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10. To what school has Ender been assigned?
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command school
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11. What does Ender learn before leaving for Command School?
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they are going home first
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1. Who has found out the identities of Demosthenes and Locke?
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graff
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2. Why is Peter angry with Valentine when Demosthenes is asked to be on a council?
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He was not asked and he was jealous
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3. Where do Valentine and Ender talk?
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On a boat, in a lake
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4. What does Valentine tell Ender about Peter?
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Peter wants to take over the world
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5. What is Valentine's wish and Ender's fear?
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That Ender still loved Valentine
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6. What is the curse of the Wiggin children?
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Understanding how other people think
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7. What does Ender want from Peter?
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For him to love Ender
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8. Who will accompany Ender to Command School?
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Graff
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9. Where will the pilot be assigned permanent duty?
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Planet Eros
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10. What do buggers look like?
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they look like earths ants
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11. What is an ansible?
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That ships can talk to each other even when they're across the galaxy
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1. Ender realizes that the battle room was to Battle School what the battle simulator is to what?
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Command School
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2. Who is the old man who sits in Ender's room one morning?
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Mazer Rackham
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3. Why is Mazer Rackham still alive?
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To teach Ender/be his mentor
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4. What type of society structure do the buggers have?
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They all have the same thoughts/they have a queen
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5. What is the official name of Dr. Device?
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Molecular Detachment Device
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6. Who are Ender's squadron leaders?
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Alai, Bean, Petra, Dink, Crazy Tom, Hot Soup, Fly molo, Carn Carby
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7. What happened to Mazer's wife and children while he was traveling in space?
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they died
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8. On his final exam, what does Ender command his troops to do?
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They grouped together and destroyed the enemy ship
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9. What happens to Ender after he realizes he's fought the real bugger war?
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he finally sleeps
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1. What is Graff's new job title?
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The minister of colonization
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2. Which colonist can't Ender ignore?
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The queen bugger
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3. What new job lies ahead for Ender?
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Governor of the first colony
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4. What doesn't Valentine want Ender on Earth?
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Peter will try to hurt him
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5. Why is Ender going to the new colony?
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He knows the buggers better than anyone, and he can understand them and learn from them.
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6. What job does Peter get?
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Hedgemon
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7. In what place does Ender feel as though he's been before?
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Virtual world
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8. What does Ender find behind the mirror?
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The queen's cocoon
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9. How does Ender sign his books?
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Speaker for the Dead
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10. Where do Valentine and Ender go at the end of the book?
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From world to world looking for a place to awaken the queen.
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Which way is the enemy's gate" is said by________
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1. Ender
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"Peace, its what saalam means, peace be unto you" is said by_________
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2. Alai
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"Listen Ender, commanders have just as much authority as you let them have, the more you obey them, the more power they have over you" is said by_________
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3. Dink
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"Human beings are free except when humanity need them" is said by__________
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graff
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Who did Peter become on the nets?
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locke
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What was the name of the boy that went with Ender to look for land for colonists to live?
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abra
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Who are the referred to as "The people of the land."
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colonists
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what was the highest title that Peter Wiggin ultimately attained?
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Hegemon of Earth
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What title was Ender given when he agreed to join the 1st colony?
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governor
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how many volumes were in Val's history of the Bugger Wars?
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8
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How many books did Ender write and what were they called?
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he wrote two books, The Hegemon and The Hive/Queen
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"Well, now your guardian angles aren't watching over you. Now they aren't checking to see if you feel pain, listening to hear what I am saying, seeing what I am doing to you. How about that? How about it?"
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peter
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Who said this: "Don't be alone. Ever."
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dink
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Who said this: "I hated you after beat Pheonix Army, too, Ender." ----"A friend of yours wanted me to warn you, there are some boys who want to kill you."
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petra
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Who said this: "They won't believe me when I told them you did things nobody has seen before." ----"I hope you beat the snot out of the next army you fight. As a favor to me."
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carn carby
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Who said this: "I'm not afraid of hot water." ----"Naked and wet and alone, Ender, so we're even."
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bonzo
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Who said this: "So a twelve year old and his kid sister are going to take over the world." ---- "Well maybe I'm like Peter, but Ender isn't at all. I used to tell him that when he cried, I told him that lots of time you're kind and good and not like Peter at all."
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valentine
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Who said this: "I don't care about their game anymore, Bean." ----"Why are we going home? I thought Command School was in the asteroids somewhere."
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ender
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19. Who said this: "You don't get it, do you Major Imbu? I don't want Ender to be comfortable with the end of the world." ---- "But the Battle School has no facilities for docking long range ships. So you get a landside leave."
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graff
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Who said this: "Nobody gets here without being brilliant, Ender. Make them good." ---- "We want to teach him, not give him a nervous breakdown."
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Anderson
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Who said this: "You keep going in the direction you started in. And the speed you were going when you were flashed."
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bean
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Who said this: "No Valentine, I've decided not to kill you." ---- "I've been studying history. I've been learning things about patterns in human behavior."
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peter
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what device is ironic
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the dr. device
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does the dr. device "heal"
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no, it destroys
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what is the point of view
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Third-person omniscient
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what is the time of the story
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22nd century
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where does the story take place
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battle school, earth, command school, colony planet
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what is the tense?
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past tense
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what is the ton
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serious, intense, dry, and darkly humorous
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what is Plot
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what happens in a story
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who is the Protagonist
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the main character is Ender
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who is the Antagonist
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Major: Peter, adults who manipulate Ender Minor- Stilson and Bonzo
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what are some conflicts
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Struggles with bullies Struggles against adult manipulation
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what is the climax
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Enders final examination (the major battle against the buggers)
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what is the Resolution
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Ender and valentine help establish a colony on an alien planet, Ender discovers the bugger cocoon and leaves to find the aliens a new home, He makes peace with his brother Peter.
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who is the Speaker of the dead for the buggers.
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ender
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what does the speaker of the dead become
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a religion
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