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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 do Lilith and Akin go into the forest in Chapter 4?
2. In Chapter 3 what are Tate and others building?
3. Why do some question Lilith's leadership?
4. What do the men in the forest do to Akin?
5. What does Lilith tell the resister, Tino, about Akin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lilith do before she wakes any humans and who does she decide to wake first?
2. What does Lilith find out about her memory when she allows Nikanj to work on her?
3. What do Tate, Gabriel and Joseph decide to do in Chapter Three, The Training Floor and what are the humans saying about their situation?
4. What is different about Akin's intelligence and his body from humans?
5. In the Training Floor where are the humans put, why and what are they talking about?
6. In Chapter Nine, Nursery, why is Joseph angry at Lilith and what happens when they argue?
7. What does Jdahya tell Lilith the Oankali have discovered about the human species?
8. Who do Lilith and Akin meet in the forest and what is Lilith's reaction?
9. Who is in the room when Lilith wakes in Chapter 2 and what does she learn?
10. Who is the first human Lilith is allowed to meet, how does the meeting go and what is the result of the meeting? What does Lilith tell the Oankali about the human?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
In Lilith's Brood, it is hard to know who is the "good" guy versus the "bad" guy. Discuss one of the following:
1. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are untrustworthy and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Lilith's Brood. How far into the book does it take to separate the untrustworthy from those who can be trusted?
2. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are trustworthy and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Lilith's Brood.
3. Are there some characters who can be trustworthy at times and not trustworthy at other times? Who? Why do they vacillate?
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