Characters
Who is Ender Wiggin?
This child genius is humanity’s best hope for defeating the Buggers.
What is Battle School?
This is the name of the space station where gifted children are trained to fight in the war against the Formics.
What are Formics (Buggers) ?
The insectoid alien race that humanity battles.
What is Zero Gravity?
The gravity condition in which Battle School students fight.
What is being isolated or separated from friends?
This happens to Ender after every major success, isolating him from allies and forcing him to rely only on himself.
Who is Peter Wiggin?
Ender’s manipulative and sadistic older brother.
What is Dragon Army?
Ender's final army, known for its unorthodox tactics.
What is Three? (The 3rd Invasion)
The number of wars fought between humans and Buggers
What is the Mind Game?
The computer game that adapts to Ender’s personality.
What is change the rules (or manipulate the system)?
Graff and the Battle School staff repeatedly do this to make Ender’s life more difficult and test his leadership.
Who is Valentine to Ender?
His sister.
What is the battle room?
The main zero-gravity game played by Battle School students.
What are Bugger Wars?
This term describes the wars fought between humans and Formics.
What is the Command School simulator?
The device that simulates the Formic fleet battles for training.
What is used to push Ender to adapt and become the perfect commander?
Despite being a "game," the Battle Room matches are manipulated in Ender’s favor or disfavor for this reason.
Who was the first bully in Ender's Game?
Stilson
What is the Mind Game?
This controversial game in the computer system psychologically targeted Ender and was later used to identify the Formics’ attempt at communication.
What is the Queen?
This Formic caste is responsible for controlling the other workers and soldiers.
What is a fighter or starfighter?
The type of ship Mazer Rackham piloted to win the Second Invasion.
What is “the fate of humanity depends on him” or “the ends justify the means”?
This is the justification Colonel Graff and others give for deceiving and manipulating Ender throughout his training.
Who is Colonel Graff?
The person who convinces Ender to go to Battle School.
What is Salamander Army?
Ender’s first launch group is named after this powerful creature.
What is the Hive Mind (Philotic Connection)?
The Formics communicate through this collective mental connection.
What is the philotic communication?
The communications method the Formics use that humans initially can’t detect.
Who is a completely independent and self-reliant commander (or someone who makes decisions without relying on others)?
Graff because he isolates Ender socially and emotionally to create this kind of leader.