1. Is Zena worthy of the life-and-death responsibility of being a Max?

2. What motivates Zena to want to become a Max?

3. What does Zena believe is "coolish?"

What does she believe is not "coolish?"

What does this reveal about her personality?

4. Is Zena admirable? If yes, in what ways? 5. In what ways is Zena ordinary?

6. Does wilding sound like fun? What would be the best part of it?

7. Newspaper reports about people being killed in Central Park worry Zena's mother, as it would most parents. Why would it not worry Zena?

8. The Max sounds like a very serious organization. Is Zena serious enough to join? Would she have to change at all in order to be part of the Max? What does Barkham seem to think (if anything) about it?

9. Why would wilding have been illegal? Why would it have been legalized?

10. Why does Zena...