CHAPTER 11-15
Chapter 11 : Veni Vedi Vici
1. What lessons does Ender learn from his battle with Rabbit Army?
Ender learned that he had to appreciate in defeat and to admit when he loses.
2. How does Ender inspire confidence and loyalty in the soldiers in his army?
Ender inspires his team
3. Why does Ender begin to watch the propaganda videos from the First and Second
Invasions?
Ender watches the propaganda videos to learn strategies from the buggers and to learn how they work.
4. Describe Dragon’s battle with Salamander. How does Ender insult Bonzo Madrid’s
Spanish honor?
Ender insults bonzos madrid spanish honor by humiliting him in the ceremony of battle.
5. What does Ender ask Bean to do? Why does he choose Bean for this task?
Ender made bean a platoon leader and made him choose his people which were all veterans sense they were all with ender in his wars.
6. What rules are changed, and why do you think the teachers change them?
The rules changed so they could make the game way more difficult for Ender to succeed in battles and to persuade him to prove himself that he is indicated and that he is the best of best.
Ender learned that he had to appreciate in defeat and to admit when he loses.
2. How does Ender inspire confidence and loyalty in the soldiers in his army?
Ender inspires his team
3. Why does Ender begin to watch the propaganda videos from the First and Second
Invasions?
Ender watches the propaganda videos to learn strategies from the buggers and to learn how they work.
4. Describe Dragon’s battle with Salamander. How does Ender insult Bonzo Madrid’s
Spanish honor?
Ender insults bonzos madrid spanish honor by humiliting him in the ceremony of battle.
5. What does Ender ask Bean to do? Why does he choose Bean for this task?
Ender made bean a platoon leader and made him choose his people which were all veterans sense they were all with ender in his wars.
6. What rules are changed, and why do you think the teachers change them?
The rules changed so they could make the game way more difficult for Ender to succeed in battles and to persuade him to prove himself that he is indicated and that he is the best of best.
Chapter 12 : Bonzo
1. Why won’t the adults save Ender from Bonzo? Does Ender think the teachers will
save him from real danger?
The teachers want Ender to stick up for himself and learn sometimes he can't have help. Ender still believes if Bonzo was injuring him badly the teachers would come stop Bonzo.
2. How many boys come to beat Ender up in the shower? How does Ender control the
situation so he only has to fight one?
Quite a few like 6, but Ender explained how it would not be honorable unless it was one on one.
3. Who comes to save Ender? How does his intervention ensure Ender’s death?
Dink. He says how Ender is important to the survival of the Human race and he can't be killed. Bonzo just got more jealous of Ender that way.
4. How is the fight with Bonzo similar to the earlier fight with Stilson?
Ender kept fighting even after he won.
5. What happens to all of the soldiers in Dragon Army? What happens to Ender?
The soldiers in Dragon Army will become commanders of other armies and Ender is going to a Commander school for 16+ year olds.
save him from real danger?
The teachers want Ender to stick up for himself and learn sometimes he can't have help. Ender still believes if Bonzo was injuring him badly the teachers would come stop Bonzo.
2. How many boys come to beat Ender up in the shower? How does Ender control the
situation so he only has to fight one?
Quite a few like 6, but Ender explained how it would not be honorable unless it was one on one.
3. Who comes to save Ender? How does his intervention ensure Ender’s death?
Dink. He says how Ender is important to the survival of the Human race and he can't be killed. Bonzo just got more jealous of Ender that way.
4. How is the fight with Bonzo similar to the earlier fight with Stilson?
Ender kept fighting even after he won.
5. What happens to all of the soldiers in Dragon Army? What happens to Ender?
The soldiers in Dragon Army will become commanders of other armies and Ender is going to a Commander school for 16+ year olds.
Chapter 13 : Valentine
1. Why has Ender been on earth for two months instead of the originally planned three
days?
Ender has no intentions of returning to space. He does not want to fight anymore. He is sick of games played both physically and mentally.
2. Why does Ender hate himself? After you have this answer, think about it for a few
moments and tell how you feel about what has been done to Ender.
Ender hates himself because he thinks he is a killer and just like Peter. I think that the things that have been done to Ender are very cruel and he should deserve it.
3. Summarize the information Graff shares with Ender about the Buggers.
Ender learns that the Buggers are like ants.
4. What is the Third Invasion? What does everyone else think it is?
The Invasion is by the humans of the Bugger home world.
5. What does an ansible do?
Is a communication device that can instantly communicate with any ship, no matter the distance.
days?
Ender has no intentions of returning to space. He does not want to fight anymore. He is sick of games played both physically and mentally.
2. Why does Ender hate himself? After you have this answer, think about it for a few
moments and tell how you feel about what has been done to Ender.
Ender hates himself because he thinks he is a killer and just like Peter. I think that the things that have been done to Ender are very cruel and he should deserve it.
3. Summarize the information Graff shares with Ender about the Buggers.
Ender learns that the Buggers are like ants.
4. What is the Third Invasion? What does everyone else think it is?
The Invasion is by the humans of the Bugger home world.
5. What does an ansible do?
Is a communication device that can instantly communicate with any ship, no matter the distance.
Chapter 14 : Ender's Teacher
1. What is the simulator? Track your answer; it will develop as you read on in this
chapter.
It simulated real life battle situations with the Buggers that the boys might go up against.
2. Who is Ender’s teacher? Why was he chosen? How does he explain the fact that he is
still alive?
Mazer Rackham is Ender's new teacher.
3. Why does Mazer Rackham say that "there is no teacher but the enemy"?
That is because the enemy is the end result of the process of training.
4. Why does Mazer Rackham beat Ender physically? What lesson is he trying to teach?
Mazer Rackham believes that you can only learn so much from a teacher, that in order to truly prepare for battle, you must fight the enemy.
5. How did Mazer Rackham defeat the buggers in the Second Invasion?
Mazer defeated the buggers in the second invasion by limiting his attack to one specific ship. Destroying the Queen's ship destroyed all of the buggers.
6. What, according to Mazer, are Ender’s advantages and disadvantages when he faces
the bugger fleet?
Eros was originally a bugger colony, which is why Ender feels so uncomfortable in his surroundings there. Much of the technology that the Fleet uses now comes from things that they found on Eros, such as gravity manipulation and the use of stellar energy to black out planets.
chapter.
It simulated real life battle situations with the Buggers that the boys might go up against.
2. Who is Ender’s teacher? Why was he chosen? How does he explain the fact that he is
still alive?
Mazer Rackham is Ender's new teacher.
3. Why does Mazer Rackham say that "there is no teacher but the enemy"?
That is because the enemy is the end result of the process of training.
4. Why does Mazer Rackham beat Ender physically? What lesson is he trying to teach?
Mazer Rackham believes that you can only learn so much from a teacher, that in order to truly prepare for battle, you must fight the enemy.
5. How did Mazer Rackham defeat the buggers in the Second Invasion?
Mazer defeated the buggers in the second invasion by limiting his attack to one specific ship. Destroying the Queen's ship destroyed all of the buggers.
6. What, according to Mazer, are Ender’s advantages and disadvantages when he faces
the bugger fleet?
Eros was originally a bugger colony, which is why Ender feels so uncomfortable in his surroundings there. Much of the technology that the Fleet uses now comes from things that they found on Eros, such as gravity manipulation and the use of stellar energy to black out planets.
Chapter 15 : Speaker for the Dead
1. Why can’t Ender come back to earth?
Peter would use Ender to try and rule the world. There would be many wars about people that would want him.
2. What happens to Locke and Demosthenes?
Locke is helping ender and demosthenes has retired she did continue to write no more she did not want to change people minds no more sense she felt that they were close from finding out that she was just a kid.
3. Why does Ender want to go to the buggers’ home world?
He wants to go there so he can see how they lived, find out their history.
4. How did the buggers control Ender’s computer game? What does he find when he
looks behind the mirror?
The buggers control it by their minds. Ender found a fertilized egg.
5. Why does Ender refer to himself as Speaker for the Dead? Whose deaths does he
speak?
Ender speaks for the death of the buggers.
6. What mission does Ender go on at the end of the book?
To find remaining buggers or/and learn about their culture.
Peter would use Ender to try and rule the world. There would be many wars about people that would want him.
2. What happens to Locke and Demosthenes?
Locke is helping ender and demosthenes has retired she did continue to write no more she did not want to change people minds no more sense she felt that they were close from finding out that she was just a kid.
3. Why does Ender want to go to the buggers’ home world?
He wants to go there so he can see how they lived, find out their history.
4. How did the buggers control Ender’s computer game? What does he find when he
looks behind the mirror?
The buggers control it by their minds. Ender found a fertilized egg.
5. Why does Ender refer to himself as Speaker for the Dead? Whose deaths does he
speak?
Ender speaks for the death of the buggers.
6. What mission does Ender go on at the end of the book?
To find remaining buggers or/and learn about their culture.