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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. Where is Akin taken to show him where he will be hid if the Oankali come?

2. What is the name of the human who Jodahs healed?

3. Why is Nikanj disappointed about Aaor's metamorphosis?

4. About what do the people of Phoenix fight while Akin is there?

5. Why didn't Akin bond with Tiikuchahk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jodahs begin to resemble and why? Who do they find who needs healing, what is Nikanj's response and why is Jodahs wary of healing him?

3. What does Aaor do with Jodahs when he is going to heal the man and what is the result of his behavior?

4. What is Akin told about his plan for the humans?

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

6. What does Gabriel do when Akin is healing Tate and what does Akin realize?

7. What does Akin argue about concerning humans when aboard a ship with Dichaan and what is Dichaan's response?

8. What does Aaor say about Jodahs after he links with him and what does Nikanj say about Jodahs?

9. Why is Tino arguing about Akin with the Oankali and what does Dichaan decide to do about it?

10. What does Akin see at the house when he wakes up in Chapter Eight, who helps him and what do the group from Phoenix do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Lilith's Brood is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Lilith's Brood.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Lilith's Brood. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Lilith's Brood. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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