Ender+9-10


 * Chapter 9: Locke and Demosthenes**

55. What is being discussed in the dialogue at the beginning of the chapter?

56. Why did the Wiggin family move from the city to rural North Carolina?

57. Explain how the following people perceive Peter: his parents...his teachers...Valentine.

58. Valentine says “to keep herself safe, all she had to do was make sure it was more in Peter’s interest to keep her alive than to have her dead.” How is she valuable to Peter?

59. What is Peter’s plan to change the world? How does he manipulate Valentine into helping him? What is her role in his scheme?

60. What is Peter’s “greatest gift”? 3

61. What names do Peter and Valentine establish for themselves on the net? Why do they need false identities?

62. Why is Valentine so upset that her father agrees with Demosthenes?

63. How has Ender gained the respect of everyone at Battle School? What has he lost?

64. Describe THE END OF THE WORLD on Ender’s computer game. What part of the game can he not defeat?

65. Why does Valentine think the I.F. is at her school? What does Graff really want?

66. Why, according to Valentine, does Ender see Peter in the mirror?

67. How does Ender respond to the letter from Valentine? Why?

68. How does Ender defeat the snake? What does he see when he looks in the mirror afterwards?


 * Chapter 10: Dragon**

69. What is being discussed in the dialogue at the beginning of the chapter?

70. Names are exchanged in the introductory dialogue to this chapter. Who has been talking about Ender?

71. What army is Ender given command of? Why was this name retired in the past?

72. Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before?

73. Which way is the enemy’s gate?

74. 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?

75. Starting with this chapter, pay attention to how the teachers change the rules. What rules are changed, and why do you think the teachers change them?