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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 does Tino remember from the ship when he was younger?

2. Why does Lilith tell Nikanj to go sit in a corner in Chapter 6?

3. What about Lilith's body allowed Nikanj to heal?

4. When will Jdahya show Lilith around where she is?

5. Where are many of the humans on the Oankali ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the humans reacting when many of them have been woken and what does Lilith do when attacked and what does she realize?

2. What happens to Tino and Akin when they are out alone?

3. What does Lilith watch Jdahya do when they leave the room and what is his explanation of his action?

4. About what is Akin warned and why does his family watch him closely?

5. In Chapter Nine, Nursery, why is Joseph angry at Lilith and what happens when they argue?

6. Why does Nikanj take Lilith back home in Chapter 3 and what does Nikanj refuse to do when it takes her back?

7. Who attacks Lilith's camp, what does he do, who finds Lilith and what happens to Joseph?

8. What happens when Lilith is out gathering supplies and why did it happen?

9. In the Training Floor where are the humans put, why and what are they talking about?

10. In Chapter 4, where do Lilith and Joseph go and why are the others following them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lilith's Brood is written in the genre of science fiction. Discuss the following:

1. What sets science fiction apart from other genres? Discuss several characteristics of science fiction that are absent in other genres and vice versa.

2. Some people might say that science fiction is merely for entertainment? Do you agree? Explain.

3. Discuss why Lilith's Brood falls under the genre of science fiction.

4. Why do you think literary criticism breaks down fiction into genres? Do you think the labeling of genre to a work is useful to a reader? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by this book. Questions that most likely Butler wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Butler's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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