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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. About what does Akin talk to Tate?

2. What does Akin fear about metamorphosis?

3. What happens to Aaor after Jodahs heals the human?

4. Why does Akin hope he will be bought in Phoenix?

5. What urge will come upon Akin when he begins metamorphosis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who do Nikanj, Jodahs and the others meet as they leave to hide from the Oankali?

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

8. What does Tiikuchahk say about his choices in metamorphosis and how do the Oankali respond to his indecisiveness?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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