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WorksheetsEnder's Game - Chapter 14
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
There are several reasons Ender dislikes Eros. Which one is NOT one of them?
The sense of isolation from others
The sense of falling
The sense of space proportion
The sense of time passage
What is the simulator?
A machine that artificially creates gravity on Eros
A videogame that the teachers practice on to get to Ender's skill level
A holographic videogame that simulates space battles
The technology that the Buggers used to win the war
How has Mazer Rackham survived for seventy years?
He was born special, which made him both very smart and almost immortal.
His relatives were able to prepare a special gift for him twenty years earlier, which allowed him to live on.
His psychology allowed him to will himself to live just long enough for someone special like Ender to come along.
He traveled on a faster-than-light ship, which made him age slower than everyone else.
How did Mazer Rackham defeat the Second Invasion?
He found the flagship at the front of the invasion and destroyed it with a clever trick.
He destroyed the ship carrying the Bugger queen by figuring out which one was its focus.
He traced the bugger ships back to their queen's ship, which was hiding behind another planet.
He used biological weapons against the queen and her army, not unlike we use chemicals against ants or roaches today.
Who is Dr. Device?
The "Little Doctor" is a dwarf who has been trained to help Ender aim his weapons in combat.
It's a joke that was created to lighten the spirits of the people who work at the Command School.
The person in charge of scientific technology at the Command School.
A beam weapon that can destroy huge amounts of matter by weakening the bonds among molecules.
Who is NOT one of Ender’s squad leaders when he begins training with Mazer Rackham?
Fly Molo
Carn Carnby
Dink
Peter
What, according to Mazer, is one of Ender's advantages when he faces the bugger fleet?
greater speed
better armor
superior weaponry
greater numbers
“But as their trust in Ender as a commander grew their friendship…gradually disappeared…Ender was their teacher and commander, as distant from them as Mazer was from him.” Why must Ender be isolated from his friends?
Because the adults want the children to all listen to them more than they listen to Ender.
Because from the perspective of the adults, if he stopped to care about his friends, he would be unable to push ahead.
Because Ender is a risk of becoming too much of a messiah figure and a danger to himself and others.
Because he needed to be kept alone just in case the Earth leadership wanted to put Graff on trial.
What happens to Petra?
Ender loses track of her in a battle and she gets lost to the bugger army. She barely escapes, but the close call makes her furious with Ender.
Ender asks her to do too little and she shuts down in a crucial battle, leaving everyone frustrated with her performance.
Ender pushes her into a position that is unwinnable, and as a result, she gets depressed and stops fighting forever.
Ender challenges her with too much, and as a result she "breaks" and becomes far too cautious in her leadership style.
How does Ender pass his final examination from Battle School?
He kills the queen leading the invasion of the fleet attacking the Earth.
He prematurely ends the computer simulation declaring the whole thing a fraud and a trick.
He annihilates the bugger fleet so that no ships remain.
He destroys the homeworld of the buggers.
Why has a war broken out on Earth and on Eros?
The Russians and their I.F. allies are revolting against the Islamic States.
Oppressed groups have refused to pay their taxes to support the I.F.
The buggers' agents among various Earth forces have come out to spark protests.
There is a fight for political control now that the threat of the buggers has gone.
Ender realizes that he has been outsmarted by the adults. This confirms what truth he has had all along?
He wants to be a commander.
Danger lies around every corner.
The adults have been the enemy.
Peter and Valentine are adults now that they've outsmarted the adults.
What is the significance of the conversation at the start of the chapter?
It describes the world religion of I.F. and how everyone can improve themselves through its practices.
It introduces Admiral Chamrajnagar as the main antagonist of the story.
It reveals Graff's discomfort with the procedures of the I.F. and his concern for the children.
It explains the politics on Earth and what the impacts of the Third War will be for many.
What is Mazer Rackham's first lesson for Ender?
An enemy can never be trusted to be anything but an enemy.
Common sense is more important than fighting skill.
Enemies always know when they have won.
Adults are the enemy.
Why did the buggers kill all of the humans they encountered?
Their queens wanted to end specific genetic lines.
They couldn't help it because they needed to eat the humans they defeated.
Their hatred of the human race drove them to genocide.
They saw humans as being like themselves: individually expendable.
