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What determined if Ender was chosen for Battle School?
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the monitor
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Mostly because of what he'd seen in the ship on the way to Battle School, Ender instinctively realized when using the Battle Room that...
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you have to be careful in 0 gravity because you have no relations to direction.
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Who was Ender's real teacher?
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Mazer Rackham
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Alai kissed Ender to show...
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even though they were in different battle squads, they would still be friends
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Why did Graff show preference to Ender in front of the other kids?
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to isolate him from the rest
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What were some of the tricks the Dragon Army used to win?
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1. they had 5 squads
2. they had specific manuevers (flashing their legs, slingshot, rope trick) 3. they strategized before battle 4. independent leadership among squads |
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which isnt true about the real Demosthenes?
A) gave speeches B) had a speech impediment C) gave amazing surgery D) gave speeches to help Alexander the Great become more popular |
D; gave speeches to help Alexander the Great become more popular...
Demosthenes was stongly against Alexander the Great's thinking and philosophies and gave speeches to make people think "oh yeah... that's wrong! he shouldn't do that!" |
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The real Locke was portrayed well by Peter because...
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He believed the government should serve the people, not the other way around. he also had a way of speaking against the government and persuading people to believe his ways
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Petra, Bean and the rest of the gang laughed themselves silly at the though of:
1. Ender being a great leader 2. Ender conquering the world 3. going back to middle school 4. Peter ruling the world when he was just a kid |
3; they laughed at going back to middle school after they had conquered the evil and learned pretty much everything they needed to know!
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What was the Ansible?
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the humans way of communicating in space
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Which of the following is not an innovation that Ender created in the Battle Room?
1. sacrificing team members for the gate 2. slingshot 3. crouch-bounce technique 4. freezing your legs as a shield |
1; Ender used the trick but he didnt create it. (haha... trick question!)
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What did the people from the Battle School use to get inside kid's heads and read their thoughts and thinking-on-the-spot skills?
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The Giant game
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What does Ender become at the end of the book?
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the Speaker For The Dead
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What trick did Mazer Rackham use in his video that Ender used in his 2nd attack?
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kill the queen bugger and they all die
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What was Ender's worst fear?
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becoming like Peter
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How is Valentine like the real Demosthenes
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She gave voice to the people, spoke out against the government and has a way with words
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What is the irony of Enders Game?
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Buggers had originally come in peace, and then humans destroyed them
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After the battle Ender realizes:
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the Buggers werent evil, they were just trying to communicate and reproduce
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What was the Warsaw Pact in real life?
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all the communist countries gathering under one purpose trying to take over the world and battling against the republic countries during the Cold War
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What was the Warsaw Pact in Ender's Game?
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Peter gathered all the countries from the old Warsaw Pact and tried to revolt again and take over the world (but in a good way...)
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