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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal are the bobkittens meant to control?
(a) The rakunks.
(b) The red rabbit.
(c) The pigoons.
(d) The green rabbit.

2. What kind of hat does Snowman wear?
(a) A Red Sox baseball cap.
(b) A Raiders football hat.
(c) A Yankees baseball cap.
(d) A cowboy hat.

3. What is the name of Jimmy's former pet?
(a) Lover.
(b) Sniffer.
(c) Killer.
(d) Scratcher.

4. Why does Snowman decide not to keep written records?
(a) He doesn't have the necessary supplies.
(b) He doesn't feel safe enough.
(c) He has no personal living space.
(d) No future humans will be able to read.

5. What game does Snowman believe will help his mind?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Monopoly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Snowman try to conjure before he goes to bed at night in his tree?

2. Where does Jimmy believe that Oryx once lived?

3. What is the name of Jimmy's mother?

4. What does Oryx sell?

5. What does Jimmy's mother do before she quits her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

2. Why does Sharon leave? Why does Sharon destroy the computers?

3. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

4. Why are the animals being burned in the bonfire that Snowman remembers?

5. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

6. What theories do you have about how the world has ended up this way?

7. What laws has Snowman made? Why? How is he able to make laws?

8. What can the reader assume about civilization and humanity in Chapter 1?

9. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

10. Describe the Crakers.

(see the answer keys)

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