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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. Who does Snowman pretend to ask for stubble for the children?
(a) God.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Crake.
(d) Oryx.

2. What do the new humans smell like?
(a) Citrus fruit.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Cucumber and melon.
(d) Meat.

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

4. What nickname does Jimmy use on the "Extinctathon" website?
(a) Crake.
(b) Killer.
(c) Thickney.
(d) Oryx.

5. Why does Snowman retreat to the forest in the middle of the day?
(a) The other species of humans are dangerous.
(b) He is in danger of being eaten by animals.
(c) A snow storm approaches.
(d) The humidity and glare are too intense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of names do many of the Crakers have?

2. Which word best describes Jimmy's mother's personality?

3. What is Snowman's purpose for going on the journey?

4. Why are the new humans scented?

5. What does the reader know that Crake has ruled in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What has been eliminated from the human experience for the Crakers?

5. How does Jimmy's family foreshadow the future?

6. In what ways is Oryx a pawn? What does this foreshadow?

7. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

8. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

9. Why does Snowman choose the name Thickney? Why does Crake choose this name for himself?

10. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

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