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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 objects do the children bring Snowman from the ocean?

2. What time does Snowman usually retreat to the forest?

3. What approaches Snowman's tree at night?

4. Why doesn't Jimmy's family ever visit the pleeblands?

5. Where does Snowman find shelter during the bad weather?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What things is Snowman scared of?

5. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

6. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

7. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

8. Describe the relationship that Jimmy has with his parents.

9. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

10. Describe Oryx's childhood.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are flashbacks used in Oryx and Crake to keep the plot's action continuing? What would the novel be like without flashbacks? Why are they so vital to the story?

Essay Topic 2

What role does foreshadowing play in Oryx and Crake? What indicators of foreshadowing are in the novel? What is foreshadowed early on in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

When reading Oryx and Crake, how is the reader encouraged to be active, as opposed to passive? Provide at least one specific example from the novel.

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