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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. What color are the eyes of the new humans?

2. What name does Jimmy's mom use when she signs postcards?

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

4. What does Snowman drink water out of?

5. What happens to the afternoon weather in Snowman's location?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

3. How is suspense created in the beginning of the novel before the reader is introduced to the specific details of Snowman's world?

4. What can the reader infer about the creatures that Snowman encounters?

5. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

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

7. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

8. What can the reader infer about the pleeblands since they are labeled as "unsafe"?

9. Why does Snowman tell the children that he has feathers instead of stubble?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the way that Snowman reacts to the events around him. Do you think he is realistic in the way he reacts? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How is the title Oryx and Crake relevant to the novel's story? Who is the story about? Is that shown in the title? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How is irony present in the novel? What role does irony play in the story? What evidence of this is there?

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