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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 can ooloi do that might make them powerful?

2. What form of body does Akin prefer?

3. What does the note say the men found in the village?

4. Where does Akin go first when he returns to earth?

5. What does Dichaan believe about humanity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to fight with Akin's captors and what happens to them?

2. What do Tomas and Jesusa do when Jodahs begins his second metamorphosis and what do they not know about it?

3. Why is Jodahs frightened about Nikanj's information and what does Nikanj say to him?

4. Akin realizes he needs to learn more and that he is Oankali enough to be heard when he explains about the resisters being mistreated.

5. How is Tino healed and what must he do for the birth of his sibling?

6. How is Tino found and what do the Oankali wonder about concerning Akin?

7. Where does Akin go and what does he find when he returns to earth? What does he tell his friends there?

8. What does Akin think about Dehkiaht being with him?

9. How does Akin feel about Dichaan's plan for him?

10. What happens to Akin as he is going through change, how long will it take and what is happening in the village?

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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