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Name: English 8s+
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Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card, 1985
For each chapter write the title, a brief but clear summary of the events, and any quotations you feel are important or interesting (with page numbers).
Answer the reading questions in full sentences. Use note paper if you need additional space.
Chapter 1:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
1. What is the dialogue at the start of the chapter about? What questions do you have?
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2. Why is Ender at the doctor’s office?
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3. How does Ender ensure that the other children won’t bully him anymore? How does he feel
about his actions?
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Chapter 2:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
1. What do we learn about the monitor?
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2. What does it mean to be a ‘Third’?
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3. Is Peter a normal older brother? How does Peter feel about Ender? Explain your answers.
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Chapter 3:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Who is Graff? What do we know about his character so far? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why were Peter and Valentine not chosen for Battle School? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Describe the relationship between Ender and Valentine. ______________________________________________________________________________
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Ender’s parents came from “non-compliant” backgrounds. What does this mean? Why does it affect how they feel about their third son? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 4:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
How does Graff encourage the other boys to pick on Ender?
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Why does Graff do this? Is he Ender’s friend or not? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why is Ender upset when he breaks the other boy’s arm? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 5:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Who is Dap? Describe his character from what you learn in this chapter.
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Why does Card make the students at Battle School speak in a slang-filled dialect?
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How long does it take Ender to figure out how to win the battle game? What does this tell you
about him?
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How does Ender stop Bernard from bullying him? And how is it different from the way he has
handled bullies in the past?
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Chapter 6:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
How does Ender become friends with Alai? And how does this friendship help change the Launchies’ group hierarchy? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What is ‘Giant’s Drink’? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What happened to the last student that become obsessed with Giant’s Drink? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How does Ender defat the Giant’s Drink scenario, and how does he feel about it? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 7:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Describe Alai and Ender’s farewell. Why is this moment significant for Ender? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why are adults ‘the real enemies’? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Describe Petra and explain what she teaches Ender. ______________________________________________________________________________
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What aspects of Bonzo’s leadership style is Ender critical of? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 8:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Compare Rat Army with Salamander Army. How are they different? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What does Dink reveal to Ender about the bugger war, the battle school and the world outside? Do you think he’s right? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What does Ender see in the mirror? Why does he react so badly? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 9:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
What is Peter’s plan to change the world, and how does he get Valentine to help him? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why does Peter pick the names Demosthenes and Locke? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Do these names suit Peter and Valentine’s personalities? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How does Ender feel when he receives the letter from Valentine? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 10:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Why was the name of Dragon Army retired in the past? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Who is Bean? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What effects have Graff’s isolation techniques had on Ender? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How does Ender feel about not being allowed to work with Alai anymore? Describe in detail. ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 11:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
What does Ender learn from Carn Carnby after his battle with Rabbit Army? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What tactics does Ender use to ensure his army wins? What is Bean’s role in the strategy? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why does Ender choose Bean for this role?
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Why do the adults make Ender’s army fight a second time? How does Ender react? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 12:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
In what ways is the fight with Bonzo similar to the fight with Stilson? What is revealed about the outcome of both of these fights? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Who tries to help prevent the fight? Why does Graff continually refuse to intervene? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What does Ender decide that Peter was right about? How does he feel? ______________________________________________________________________________
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For what reason(s) is Ender skipping pre-Command school and being promoted straight to Command School? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 13:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
What is the ansible? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why does Valentine say that Ender and Peter could be ‘two faces of the same coin?’ What does she mean? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How does Valentine persuade Ender to keep on fighting? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What does Ender conclude is the real reason for the Human-Bugger war? Does this connect to real-world society in any way? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 14:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Who is Ender’s new teacher in this chapter? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why is Graff troubled by how Ender is being treated?
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What is the big revelation in this chapter? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How does Ender feel about this revelation?
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Chapter 15:
Summary / Key Quotes Reading Questions
Why doesn’t Ender come back to Earth? What does he do instead? ______________________________________________________________________________
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How did the buggers communicate with Ender? What does he finally find behind the mirror? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Why is Ender the ‘Speaker for the Dead’? What does this mean? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Where does Ender go at the end of the book? ______________________________________________________________________________
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Character Map
Write a list of characters along with a brief description.
Draw a map of the characters and their connections.
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Plot Diagram