Chapter 6-10
Chapter 6 : The Giants Drink
1. Describe the battleroom. What importance do gravity, lasers, and spacesuits have
there?
The battleroom is null gravity, and if you wanted to go in side the battle room you had to wer a space suit, equiped with a laser gun.
2. How do Ender and Alai become friends? What is surprising about Ender’s friendship
with Alai?
Ender and Alai become friends when both of them defeat the other team. The suprising thing is that Alai was Bernards best 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?
Ender can't beat the giant because both of the cup's have poison , so he decides to kill the giant. The lesson that teaches Enders is that the only way he could win at things was to harm other people.
there?
The battleroom is null gravity, and if you wanted to go in side the battle room you had to wer a space suit, equiped with a laser gun.
2. How do Ender and Alai become friends? What is surprising about Ender’s friendship
with Alai?
Ender and Alai become friends when both of them defeat the other team. The suprising thing is that Alai was Bernards best 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?
Ender can't beat the giant because both of the cup's have poison , so he decides to kill the giant. The lesson that teaches Enders is that the only way he could win at things was to harm other people.
Chapter 7 : Salamander
1. How did Ender defeat the computer’s security system? What does this indicate about
Ender?
Ender defeats the coomputersecurity system by killing the giant, no matter what drink he choose both had poison so he decides to not play by the rules.
2. Why is Ender promoted? What is surprising about his promotion?
Ender was promoted because of his extremely advance tactice in the battleroom.
3. Why is Petra Arkanian exactly the wrong kind of friend to have? What valuable skill
does she eventually teach Ender?
The reason Petra is the wrong kind of friend to have is because she reminded Ender of Valentine.She teaches him all the skills necessary in the battleroom duringfree play, she also tells Ender that adults are the real enemies.
4. What lessons does Ender learn from Bonzo Madrid about being a commander? What
instructions does Bonzo give Ender concerning battles?
One lesson that Ender leaerns from Bonzo about being a good commander is that one must learn the rules.
5. Why are adults the real enemies?
The adults are the enemies because they re the responsible for the children's bad behavior and no manners.
6. Why does Ender become suddenly homesick?
Ender becomes home sick by remembering home and valentine which makes him extremely home sick.
Ender?
Ender defeats the coomputersecurity system by killing the giant, no matter what drink he choose both had poison so he decides to not play by the rules.
2. Why is Ender promoted? What is surprising about his promotion?
Ender was promoted because of his extremely advance tactice in the battleroom.
3. Why is Petra Arkanian exactly the wrong kind of friend to have? What valuable skill
does she eventually teach Ender?
The reason Petra is the wrong kind of friend to have is because she reminded Ender of Valentine.She teaches him all the skills necessary in the battleroom duringfree play, she also tells Ender that adults are the real enemies.
4. What lessons does Ender learn from Bonzo Madrid about being a commander? What
instructions does Bonzo give Ender concerning battles?
One lesson that Ender leaerns from Bonzo about being a good commander is that one must learn the rules.
5. Why are adults the real enemies?
The adults are the enemies because they re the responsible for the children's bad behavior and no manners.
6. Why does Ender become suddenly homesick?
Ender becomes home sick by remembering home and valentine which makes him extremely home sick.
Chapter 8 : Rat
1. How is Rat Army different from Salamander?
2. What surprising information does Dink Meeker relay to Ender?
Dink tells Ender that Bonzo polans to hurt him in some way.
3. Why is Ender’s feet-first attack position so effective in battle?
Because the feet coud be hit over and over again and they could not shoot 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 included in a computer game where he has to fight a snake and again he manages to kill the snake.He thinks that he is turning to look alot like hi brother Peter.
2. What surprising information does Dink Meeker relay to Ender?
Dink tells Ender that Bonzo polans to hurt him in some way.
3. Why is Ender’s feet-first attack position so effective in battle?
Because the feet coud be hit over and over again and they could not shoot 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 included in a computer game where he has to fight a snake and again he manages to kill the snake.He thinks that he is turning to look alot like hi brother Peter.
Chapter 9 : Locke and Demosthenes
1. Explain how the following people perceive Peter: his parents? his teachers?
Valentine?
His parents & his teachers perspective of Peter is, he is overly aggressive, they notice how jealous he is of Ender. Valentine sees he's been acting normal since Ender left, but she knows that he remains evil & brutal.
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?
They begin to use the nets to communicate political ideas, Valentine as the radical Demosthenes and Peter as the moderate Locke. Their ideas begin to spread, and Peter has lots of patience.
3. What is Peter’s "greatest gift"?
Peters greatest gift is to find out what his opponets weaknesses are and take advantage of them, and eventually construct a plan to get at them.
4. What names do Peter and Valentine establish for themselves on the net? Why do they
need false identities?
They use the names locke and demosthenes in the net. They make this fake identities because they want to speak their mind and not be ignored sense they are just 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 petra, but he now hates his life. He has lost that one person that he trusted the most and is now gone.
6. Describe THE END OF THE WORLD on Ender’s computer game. What part of the
game can he not defeat?
The part of the game he could not defeat is when Peter appears , he still can't seem to forget the memories from his "home" in planet Earth.
7. Why, according to Valentine, does Ender see Peter in the mirror?
According to Valentine, Ender keeps on seeing Peter because Peter is a killer ,and occasionally Ender is most likely to be a killer too.
Valentine?
His parents & his teachers perspective of Peter is, he is overly aggressive, they notice how jealous he is of Ender. Valentine sees he's been acting normal since Ender left, but she knows that he remains evil & brutal.
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?
They begin to use the nets to communicate political ideas, Valentine as the radical Demosthenes and Peter as the moderate Locke. Their ideas begin to spread, and Peter has lots of patience.
3. What is Peter’s "greatest gift"?
Peters greatest gift is to find out what his opponets weaknesses are and take advantage of them, and eventually construct a plan to get at them.
4. What names do Peter and Valentine establish for themselves on the net? Why do they
need false identities?
They use the names locke and demosthenes in the net. They make this fake identities because they want to speak their mind and not be ignored sense they are just 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 petra, but he now hates his life. He has lost that one person that he trusted the most and is now gone.
6. Describe THE END OF THE WORLD on Ender’s computer game. What part of the
game can he not defeat?
The part of the game he could not defeat is when Peter appears , he still can't seem to forget the memories from his "home" in planet Earth.
7. Why, according to Valentine, does Ender see Peter in the mirror?
According to Valentine, Ender keeps on seeing Peter because Peter is a killer ,and occasionally Ender is most likely to be a killer too.
Chapter 10 : Dragon
1. What army is Ender given command of? Why was this name retired in the past?
Ender s given the dragon team, this name was retired because they never won.
2. Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before?
Graff did this to make it more difficult and to put odds against ender.
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 states that Bean is the only one who knows what he is doing. He makes Bean seem like he is the best. It seems that he has come to learn from Graff. Nobody is going to protect him and he knows his standards & makes him stronger because he has to fight for himself, and he knows he won't get out of anything easily.
Ender s given the dragon team, this name was retired because they never won.
2. Why did Graff give Ender all new soldiers he had not worked with before?
Graff did this to make it more difficult and to put odds against ender.
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 states that Bean is the only one who knows what he is doing. He makes Bean seem like he is the best. It seems that he has come to learn from Graff. Nobody is going to protect him and he knows his standards & makes him stronger because he has to fight for himself, and he knows he won't get out of anything easily.