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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What key word does Emilio isolate as he listens to chanted Mozart?

2. Where does Sofia think Isaac would do well?

3. What happens when Ha'anala begins labor?

4. What does Emilio say about Carlo loading up a shipment of brandy to sell?

5. To whose deaths does Suukmel look forward?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laaks tell Emilio about Ha'anala and what is Emilio's response?

2. How does the village feel when Ha'anala takes Isaac outside the village and what does Isaac do with Ha'anala? How does Isaac create his first music?

3. At the end of his life, what does Danny say about the crew on Bruno and what he thinks about his destiny?

4. What is driving Isaac crazy in the Runa camp and what does he do about it?

5. What happens to Bruno in 2047 on the way to Rakhat?

6. What does Hlavin do by his twelfth year of rule?

7. What does Rakhat look like when the men first step off the Bruno and what happens to Carlo immediately?

8. What does John believe about atheists, where did he learn this and what does he pray about Emilio and Rakhat?

9. What kind of music does Bruno pick up in 2070-73, why does Emilio agree to listen to it and what does he say about it?

10. How does Ha'anala feel about the lander coming in with food, what does she know about her future and what does she say she wants done with the children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of isolation in CHILDREN OF GOD. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with revolution? Why? What are some symbols of revolution? What characters seem to enjoy revolution?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of justice in CHILDREN OF GOD. Is justice served? What do you think would have happened to the Runa if they had not decided to fight for justice?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of family. Compare/contrast how the people of Rukhat view family with your own culture. Which is most like your own view of family ties?

Essay Topic 2

The time this novel takes place about sixty years in the future. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think technology in "real life" will have advanced as far as it has in CHILDREN OF GOD in fifty years? Do you think it will have advanced further? Explain thoroughly with examples.

2. What do you think are the difficulties of creating a setting far into the future? What are the advantages?

3. Many science fiction novels written in the early 20th century actually "predicts" some technology that is commonplace during the first decade of the 21st century. Research some early science fiction novels and discuss how much of the "pretend" technology is actually "real" now. How you think Napoleon Hill's belief that "what man can conceive and believe, man can achieve" can explain how technology in early science fiction is now a reality?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss CHILDREN OF GOD based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if CHILDREN OF GOD is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that CHILDREN OF GOD falls within the science fiction genre changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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