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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. Why does Gabriel hit Akin?

2. How does the thought of bonding with Tiikuchahk feel to Akin?

3. With what does Tate promise to help Akin?

4. Who takes the men into their home?

5. What does Jodahs' family decide to do about him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 are Akins hopes when they reach Phoenix, with whom do he and his captors stay? What does the kind man tell Akin to do in Phoenix?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Living Dead in Dallas belongs to the science fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to science fiction.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre.

3. Discuss two reasons why it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

4. Discuss what your favorite genre is; give several examples and explain what you enjoy about books in that genre.

Essay Topic 2

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

1. Do you think technology in "real life" will have advanced as far as it has in Lilith's Brood? 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

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.

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