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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. Who are the ooloi?
2. What does Lilith do with people after she awakens them?
3. What does Jdahya tell Lilith?
4. Where is Lilith?
5. What do the men in the forest do to Akin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jdahya tell Lilith about the sexes of the Oankali?
2. What happens when Lilith is out gathering supplies and why did it happen?
3. In Chapter 4, where do Lilith and Joseph go and why are the others following them?
4. What happens to Tino and Akin when they are out alone?
5. Why does Nikanj take Lilith back home in Chapter 3 and what does Nikanj refuse to do when it takes her back?
6. What does Nikanj say about Lilith's worries?
7. About what is Akin warned and why does his family watch him closely?
8. In the Training Floor where are the humans put, why and what are they talking about?
9. What does Jdahya tell Lilith the Oankali have discovered about the human species?
10. What does Jdahya tell Lilith about her group and earth and the Oankali and earth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Lilith's Brood, much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of Lilith's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Lilith's world. Define the words as used in in Lilith's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Lilith's Brood. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Living Dead in Dallas? What word(s)?
3. Were there any words you never really understood from Lilith's Brood? Which ones?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Lilith's world to that of "real" life. What are the advantages to each world? The disadvantages?
2. In which world would you rather live in if you were human? What about if you were Oankali? Explain your response.
3. If you had an ooloi's abilities how would you use them? Use examples from Lilith's Brood and your own life to illustrate your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Lilith is no exception. Discuss the following:
1. Trace and analyze situations when Lilith demonstrates her special abilities such as her superhuman strength or super memory. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.
2. Trace and analyze Lilith's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.
3. Discuss how you think Lilith's admirable traits makes her popular and able to help with many problems of her friends. Have her flaws impacted her life? Do any of her friends notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?
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