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in the first week, how many battles did Dragon have/win?

7, won all

What development does Bean make for Dragon army?

A wire that made changing direction quickly very easy

Who becomes Enders friend, even though he is friends with Bernard. How is his name a pun?

Alai. Sounds like ally, because he is an ally for Ender

Who are Demosthenes supporters?

Americans/ anti-russians

Dink's reaction to Ender killing Bonzo

Bonzo deserved it

Dragon Army

Complex: captures Ender's intelligence and violence

What does Ender do to Bernard?

Destroys his credibility as a leader so he comes off as a joke or a bully.

Ender doesn't get along with the commander, Rose, but he does find an ally with...

Dink, a toon leader

How does Bonzo's attitude towards Ender lose their battle against Condor?

Ender could have shot the remaining Condors, but Bonzo didn't want him to.

How does Salamander win against Leopard?

Ender disobeys Bonzo and shot the remaining Leopards.

What happens when Ender plays the video game against the older boys?

Ender picks up the game quickly, and the other boys are envious.

What offer does Ender make the launchies?

Ender would teach them army things and they would help him practice.

Colonel Anderson

Ender's behavior was insubordinate and not to be repeated

Peter

Enemy that Ender cannot defeat What Ender fears to become Peter: first apostle

What does General Pace tell Graff to do?

Go easy on Ender

"Human beings are free except when humanity needs them"

Graff. People have freedom, but they have a duty to their community.

How does Ender hurt another launchie?

He accidently throws a boy who attacks Ender and breaks the boy's arm

"He can have friends, it's parents he can't have."

He can have people to hang out with, but he cant's have people who will protect him.

How does Ender organize his army that is different?

He has 5 toons instead of 4, and the toons break off into groups

What news does Ender get when he is helping Alai with a security system?

He is being transferred to the Salamander army.

After reading the mail, what does Ender do in the mind game?

He kisses the snake

How does Ender win the argument with Bonzo?

He says he can do what he wants in his free time

What does Peter do that makes Valentine sick?

He stabs squirrels with sticks and skins them alive.

What upsets Ender about the mail he gets?

He thinks she was forced to do it

Why does Graff take Ender to earth and let him see Valentine?

He wants Ender to feel that he has to protect earth to keep Valentine safe

Hegemon

Head of the world influence over all at the end of the book, Peter is Hegemon

Veni Vidi Vici

I came I saw I conquered Ender still won in unfair conditions

What does Ender observe Dink doing?

Just floating in null gravity

What advice does Mick give Ender?

Kiss ass, make friends and be a leader

Valentine

Love for Ender Valentine: holiday of love

Stratego

Military leaders on earth

What is Dr. Device

Molecular detachment device takes apart, then puts back together as dirt.

Who is Locke?

Peter

Whose face appears in the mirror when Ender plays the mind game?

Peter

Astronauts and Buggers game

Peter: represents humans Ender: represents buggers

Who used to be Enders friends, but seem more like enemies in chapter 11?

Petra and Dink

Name one army Dragon battles

Phoenix army

What army does Ender get traded to after Salamander?

Rat

What bothers Valentine about her dad quoting Demosthenes at the dinner table?

She doesn't agree with Demosthenes

What makes Petra unusual in Salamander Army?

She is a girl

What is Valentine's reaction when Graff tells her to write to Ender?

She is angry and knows he will think it was forced

How does Valentine feel about being Demosthenes?

She is having fun with it.

What offer does Petra make Ender?

She'll take him to the battleroom and teach him things.

What does Bonzo do after Ender disobeys him?

Slaps him

What is a star in the battleroom?

Something used for hiding and strategic formation

Stilson

Stilson is the lesson that you don't just win a fight, you make sure it will never happen again

What does Demosthenes say?

That the noblest title one can be given is 'third'

Why is Ender upset after the battle with Salamander?

The Salamander army had a head start yet Ender still won.

Who does Dink say the enemy is?

The battle school leaders

Who is Dap?

The launchies den mother

What video game does Ender become obsessed with playing?

The mind game/giants drink

Why are they choosing children?

Their brains are more easily influenced

What does it mean to be "iced"

To be sent home, or to die and be sent home

Who gave Ender his nickname?

Valentine

Who is Demosthenes?

Valentine

Who is awarded the high military honor?

Valentine

What do the children turn into in the mind game>

Wolves

What does Graff do that alienates Ender?

calls all the other boys stupid, and says Ender is smart.

Valentine's talent

can convince people to want what she wants

Peter's talent

can see weak points

What does Ender do when he feels homesick?

counts doubles until 67 million

Bean

everything will be ok

Ansible

faster than light communication

Xenophobia

fear of foreigners

Demagogue

gains control by arousing emotions and fears of people

How is Ender different when talking to a group vs talking to an individual

group: commanding individual: empathetic

what step with they giant does Ender get past?

he is able to walk through the giants eye because he killed the giant.

what do we learn about buggers?

if the queen is dead, all the other bugs are brain dead

Name one thing the teachers began to change

increased amount of battles

Genocide

mass killing of an entire race

friends vs enemies and adults vs children

mazer is a friend, but mazer is also and adult

Describe the battleroom

no gravity and they move really fast

Salamander Army

now Ender has to grow as a soldier away from his friends

Mazer rackham

old and mysterious

Ender's first year at command school

outcast. isolated. not allowed friends. spends time with Graff

What does Ender tell Bean to do at the end of chapter 11?

pick someone from each toon and make his own squad

Monitor

removed from Ender at the beginning of the book determines whether battle school or naw

Why doesn't Ender know that he killed Stilson and Bonzo

so he doesn't feel like he is Peter

What does Rose tell Ender to do when fighting the Centipede army?

suicide, just go straight into the fight

What is the third invasion?

they aren't waiting for the third invasion, they are the third invasion

What happens when a boy is shot in the battleroom?

they freeze and cannot move

How do Peter and Valentine begin to get their political ideas out into the world?

they use their dad's net and fake names

what does Bonzo tell Ender to do during battles with his army?

to wait 4 minutes before coming in, then don't do anything

Warsaw pact

u.s. and I.F alliance

Ender's talent

understanding his enemy to the point where he loves them then destroys them

Ender

wanted to go home

How did humans learn that faster than light communication was possible?

when Mazer attacked, everything stopped before signals

Empathy

you have to have empathy to understand someone through empathy comes peace


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