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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Introduction
Chapter 1: Third
Chapter 2: Peter
Chapter 3: Graff
Chapter 4: Launch
Chapter 5: Games
Chapter 6: The Giant's Drink
Chapter 7: Salamander
Chapter 8: Rat
Chapter 9: Locke and Demosthenes
Chapter 10: Dragon
Chapter 11: Veni Vidi Vici
Chapter 12: Bonzo
Chapter 13: Valentine
Chapter 14: Ender's Teacher
Chapter 15: Speaker for the Dead
Characters
Characters
Ender
Valentine
Peter
Main Ideas
Themes, Motifs, Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Quotes By Theme
Childhood
Manipulation
Compassion
Isolation
Competition
Quotes By Section
Introduction
Chapter 1: Third
Chapter 2: Peter
Chapter 3: Graff
Chapter 4: Launch
Chapter 5: Games
Chapter 6: The Giant’s Drink
Chapter 7: Salamander
Chapter 8: Rat
Chapter 9: Locke and Demosthenes
Chapter 10: Dragon
Chapter 11: Veni Vidi Vici
Chapter 12: Bonzo
Chapter 13: Valentine
Chapter 14: Ender’s Teacher
Chapter 15: Speaker for the Dead
Quotes By Character
Ender
Valentine
Peter
Colonel Graff
Mazer Rackham
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
Summary
Characters
Character Analysis
Themes, Motifs, Symbols
Introduction
Chapter 1: Third
Chapter 2: Peter
Chapter 3: Graff
Chapter 4: Launch
Chapter 5: Games
Chapter 6: The Giant's Drink
Chapter 7: Salamander
Chapter 8: Rat
Chapter 9: Locke and Demosthenes
Chapter 10: Dragon
Chapter 11: Veni Vidi Vici
Chapter 12: Bonzo
Chapter 13: Valentine
Chapter 14: Ender's Teacher
Chapter 15: Speaker for the Dead
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further Study
Full Book Quiz
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1. What is the name of the first kid Ender gets into a fight with?
Wilson
Peter
Stilson
Bernard
2. Why does Ender not belong at home?
Because he is too smart
Because he causes too much trouble
Because he is adopted
Because he is the third child
3. How old is Ender when he goes to Battle School?
Six
Four
Eight
Ten
4. Who isolates Ender on the shuttle ride to Battle School?
Major Anderson
Mazer Rackham
Colonel Graff
Peter
5. What does Ender find funny on the space ship?
Gravity
Time
The jokes the boys tell
The view from space
6. Who looks out for the Launchies at the Battle School?
Graff
Anderson
Dap
Major Imbu
7. Who is Ender's enemy from his launch group?
Bernard
Shen
Alai
Bean
8. Which is the first army that Ender joins
Dragon
Rat
Rabbit
Salamander
9. Who is Ender's first toon leader?
Petra
Dink
Bonzo
Rose the Nose
10. Who uses Locke as a pseudonym?
Major Imbu
Valentine
Ender
Peter
11. When does Peter's image haunt Ender?
During the mind game
While he is sleeping
During battle
During his talk with Valentine
12. Who does Ender confide in while commander of Dragon Army?
Hot Soup
Crazy Tom
Bean
Petra
13. Where does Ender fight Bonzo?
In the battleroom
In the mess hall
In the hallway
In the shower room
14. Who convinces Ender to go to Command School?
Valentine
Graff
Peter
Mazer Rackham
15. How did Mazer Rackham defeat the buggers in the Second Invasion?
He used a special nuclear weapon
He got them to turn against each other
He killed their king
He killed their queen
16. Who takes over the earth after the Third Invasion?
Valentine
Peter
Ender
Graff
17. Who goes with Ender to colonize the bugger worlds?
Bean
Graff
Valentine
Alai
18. Who comes up with the Locke Proposal?
Peter
Major Anderson
Mazer Rackham
Ender
19. What does Ender do after the final battle of the Third Invasion?
He rejoices
He sleeps
He graciously accepts medals for saving the world
He tries to contact Valentine
20. Who understands Ender better than anyone?
Valentine
Peter
Mazer Rackham
The buggers
21. Who is the Speaker for the Dead?
Peter
Valentine
Ender
Bean
22. Why does Ender leave earth?
To be with Valentine
To escape from Peter
To make up for what he did to the buggers
To be with his friends.
23. How old is Ender when he is made commander of Dragon Army
Eight
Nine
Ten
Seven
24. What is Ender's goal at the end of the book?
To find a home for the new bugger queen
To live somewhere happily with Valentine
To conquer the rest of the universe
To return to earth
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