1. Have students respond to these questions in their reading journals. What feelings, memories, or emotions did the story evoke for you? What literary connections could you make with other stories you have read? What was the major impact this story had on you?

What is the value of this story?

2. Have the students respond to the following questions about story structure in their journals. What is the conflict in Masque? How does the primary character, Tristan, evolve? How does setting affect the action? What makes the story science fiction?

3. Write a paper comparing Masque with a novel such as Brothers in Arms (1989) by Lois McMaster Bujold or 1984 by George Orwell.

4. Write a portion of the story from Lani's point of view: her experience with Okasan, her conflict about Trev, or her rescue from Flagg Glom, for example.

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