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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. In Chapter 6, what has changed in Aaor's and Jodahs' relationship?

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

3. Why does Gabriel hit Akin?

4. What will be a residual affect to Tino's beating?

5. Why does the man in question #161 become angry with Jodahs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. What does Jodahs say about his metamorphosis, how old is he and what does he believe he will be following his metamorphosis?

8. About what does Akin warn the two girl constructs, how do they respond and what does he ask them to do?

9. 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?

10. What do the people who come to talk with Akin want to know? What do they have to say about his news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Lilith's Brood based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Lilith's Brood is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Lilith's Brood is a trilogy changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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