Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Ender's Game - Chapter 15

  1. Why can’t Ender come back to earth?
  2. What happens to Locke and Demosthenes?
  3. Why does Ender want to go to the buggers’ home world?
  4. How did the buggers control Ender’s computer game? What does he find when he looks behind the mirror?
  5. Why does Ender refer to himself as Speaker for the Dead? Whose deaths does he speak?
  6. What mission does Ender go on at the end of the book?

Ender's Game - Chapter 14 (Part 3)

  1. At first, working together brings Ender and his squadron leaders close together. What effect does fighting long simulations and battles have on them though- how does it change their relationship?
  2. Ender is either going over replays or fighting in the simulator almost constantly. What effect does this have on him mentally and physically and what is Mazer’s reaction to this?
  3. Why do some of Ender’s squadron leaders collapse?
  4. There is quite a bit of symbolism in the dreams that Ender has. Choose one symbol and explain why that is so important to Ender.
  5. What is Ender’s final examination in Command School?