Chapter 6 - 10
Chapter 6 - The Giant's Drink
1. Describe the battleroom. What importance do gravity, lasers, and spacesuits have there? The battleroom has a lot of gravity and those who enter must be wearing a spacesuit and lasers.
2. How do Ender and Alai become friends? What is surprising about Ender’s friendship with Alai? Ender and Alai become friends after coming up with a plan to beat the enemy team by freezing their spacesuits. What makes it surprising is that Alai was Bernard's friend.
3. Describe the computer game. Why can’t Ender beat the giant at first? How does he eventually win? What lesson does this teach Ender? The reason Ender could not beat the giant at first was because he had to remember which cup did not have poison and since he always knows what's going on, he got angry and kills the giant to make sure he never comes back. He thought the way to win was to harm it and then he thought of Peter.
1. Describe the battleroom. What importance do gravity, lasers, and spacesuits have there? The battleroom has a lot of gravity and those who enter must be wearing a spacesuit and lasers.
2. How do Ender and Alai become friends? What is surprising about Ender’s friendship with Alai? Ender and Alai become friends after coming up with a plan to beat the enemy team by freezing their spacesuits. What makes it surprising is that Alai was Bernard's friend.
3. Describe the computer game. Why can’t Ender beat the giant at first? How does he eventually win? What lesson does this teach Ender? The reason Ender could not beat the giant at first was because he had to remember which cup did not have poison and since he always knows what's going on, he got angry and kills the giant to make sure he never comes back. He thought the way to win was to harm it and then he thought of Peter.
Chapter 7 - Salamander
1. How did Ender defeat the computer’s security system? What does this indicate about Ender? Ender attacks and kills the Giant and this show that Ender does not play by the rules and is unfair.
2. Why is Ender promoted? What is surprising about his promotion? Ender is promoted because of his skills in the battleroom and it is surprising because he called to report to his Commander with the sign saying "The End of the World."
3. Why is Petra Arkanian exactly the wrong kind of friend to have? What valuable skill does she eventually teach Ender? Petra is the wrong kind of friend to have is because she reminds of Ender of Valentine and Valentine protects Ender. Petra teaches Ender the skills in the battleroom and advises him that adults are enemies.
4. What lessons does Ender learn from Bonzo Madrid about being a commander? What instructions does Bonzo give Ender concerning battles? Ender learned in the Salamander Army to learn the rules, be fair to everyone, and to be conceding to everyone on his team.
5. Why are adults the real enemies? Adults are the real enemies because they are responsible for the bad manners the kids have.
6. Why does Ender become suddenly homesick? Ender gets homesick because he misses home and being protected by Valentine.
1. How did Ender defeat the computer’s security system? What does this indicate about Ender? Ender attacks and kills the Giant and this show that Ender does not play by the rules and is unfair.
2. Why is Ender promoted? What is surprising about his promotion? Ender is promoted because of his skills in the battleroom and it is surprising because he called to report to his Commander with the sign saying "The End of the World."
3. Why is Petra Arkanian exactly the wrong kind of friend to have? What valuable skill does she eventually teach Ender? Petra is the wrong kind of friend to have is because she reminds of Ender of Valentine and Valentine protects Ender. Petra teaches Ender the skills in the battleroom and advises him that adults are enemies.
4. What lessons does Ender learn from Bonzo Madrid about being a commander? What instructions does Bonzo give Ender concerning battles? Ender learned in the Salamander Army to learn the rules, be fair to everyone, and to be conceding to everyone on his team.
5. Why are adults the real enemies? Adults are the real enemies because they are responsible for the bad manners the kids have.
6. Why does Ender become suddenly homesick? Ender gets homesick because he misses home and being protected by Valentine.
Chapter 8 - Rat
1. How is Rat Army different from Salamander? Rat Army is different because the commander is not as conceding as Bonzo is.
2. What surprising information does Dink Meeker relay to Ender? Dink tells Ender that Bonzo wants to hurt Ender.
3. Why is Ender’s feet-first attack position so effective in battle? Ender's feet-first attack position is effective because his legs and feet can be hurt but he cannot be shot through the shield.
4. Describe where Ender is in the computer game. What does he see in the mirror after he defeats the snake? How does he react? Ender is in a computer game where he has to fight a snake and like he did last time, Ender kills the snake through violence and unfairness which reminds him of Peter and he thinks that he is aggressive/killer like Peter.
1. How is Rat Army different from Salamander? Rat Army is different because the commander is not as conceding as Bonzo is.
2. What surprising information does Dink Meeker relay to Ender? Dink tells Ender that Bonzo wants to hurt Ender.
3. Why is Ender’s feet-first attack position so effective in battle? Ender's feet-first attack position is effective because his legs and feet can be hurt but he cannot be shot through the shield.
4. Describe where Ender is in the computer game. What does he see in the mirror after he defeats the snake? How does he react? Ender is in a computer game where he has to fight a snake and like he did last time, Ender kills the snake through violence and unfairness which reminds him of Peter and he thinks that he is aggressive/killer like Peter.
Chapter 9 - Locke and Desmosthenes
1. Explain how the following people perceive Peter: his parents? his teachers? Valentine? Peter's parents look at him like he is overly agressive and Valentine has been seeing that Ender is acting better since Ender left.
2. What is Peter’s plan to change the world? How does he manipulate Valentine into helping him? What is her role in his scheme? Peter begins to use the nets to communicate political ideas and uses Valentine as Demosthenes and Peter as Moderate Locke.
3. What is Peter’s "greatest gift"? Peter's greatest gift is to find other people's weaknesses and how he can take advantage of that.
4. What names do Peter and Valentine establish for themselves on the net? Why do they need false identities? Locke and Desmosthenes are their fake names and they use these names to speak their mind without people ignoring them knowing they were children.
5. How has Ender gained the respect of everyone at Battle School? What has he lost? Ender is now a platoon leader in the army lead by Commander Petra. Ender knew the I.F. forced Valentine to write him as leader and he thinks he has now lost the only person he trusted.
6. Describe THE END OF THE WORLD on Ender’s computer game. What part of the game can he not defeat? The part he could not defeat is when Peter appears. Ender still has terrible memories about Peter.
7. Why, according to Valentine, does Ender see Peter in the mirror? According to Valentine, Ender keeps seeing his brother Peter in the mirror because Ender is most likely violent too.
1. Explain how the following people perceive Peter: his parents? his teachers? Valentine? Peter's parents look at him like he is overly agressive and Valentine has been seeing that Ender is acting better since Ender left.
2. What is Peter’s plan to change the world? How does he manipulate Valentine into helping him? What is her role in his scheme? Peter begins to use the nets to communicate political ideas and uses Valentine as Demosthenes and Peter as Moderate Locke.
3. What is Peter’s "greatest gift"? Peter's greatest gift is to find other people's weaknesses and how he can take advantage of that.
4. What names do Peter and Valentine establish for themselves on the net? Why do they need false identities? Locke and Desmosthenes are their fake names and they use these names to speak their mind without people ignoring them knowing they were children.
5. How has Ender gained the respect of everyone at Battle School? What has he lost? Ender is now a platoon leader in the army lead by Commander Petra. Ender knew the I.F. forced Valentine to write him as leader and he thinks he has now lost the only person he trusted.
6. Describe THE END OF THE WORLD on Ender’s computer game. What part of the game can he not defeat? The part he could not defeat is when Peter appears. Ender still has terrible memories about Peter.
7. Why, according to Valentine, does Ender see Peter in the mirror? According to Valentine, Ender keeps seeing his brother Peter in the mirror because Ender is most likely violent too.
Chapter 10 - Dragon
1. What army is Ender given command of? Why was this name retired in the past? Ender is given command of the Dragon Team and this name was retired because they never won any battles.
2. Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before? Graff gave Ender all new soldiers because he wanted to see if he is able to lead a team.
3. In what ways does Ender treat Bean exactly the way Graff treated Ender when he came to battle School? How does Ender’s discussion with Bean show what he has learned from Graff? Ender says Bean is the only one who know what they are doing and Graff had said that about Ender. Ender tells Bean that no one is gonna protect him.
1. What army is Ender given command of? Why was this name retired in the past? Ender is given command of the Dragon Team and this name was retired because they never won any battles.
2. Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before? Graff gave Ender all new soldiers because he wanted to see if he is able to lead a team.
3. In what ways does Ender treat Bean exactly the way Graff treated Ender when he came to battle School? How does Ender’s discussion with Bean show what he has learned from Graff? Ender says Bean is the only one who know what they are doing and Graff had said that about Ender. Ender tells Bean that no one is gonna protect him.