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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (pages 93-110).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't it matter that Snowman does not know what time it is?
(a) There is no longer an official time.
(b) Night and day are opposites now.
(c) He doesn't have any appointments.
(d) He can ask somebody what time it is.

2. What happens to Jimmy's father's computer?
(a) Jimmy's mom steals it.
(b) It is confiscated by police.
(c) Jimmy's mom smashes it.
(d) Crake sets it on fire.

3. Who does Snowman try to conjure before he goes to bed at night in his tree?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Oryx.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Crake.

4. Where does Snowman find shelter during the bad weather?
(a) In a tree house.
(b) In an outhouse.
(c) In Crake's dome.
(d) A pile of tires.

5. What does Snowman end up telling the children about the items they bring him from the ocean?
(a) They are harmless.
(b) They need to be thrown out.
(c) They are historical.
(d) They are important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's purpose in the first two sections of the novel?

2. As a child, what does Jimmy believe his only friends are?

3. Who does Snowman pretend to ask for stubble for the children?

4. What do the new humans ask Snowman about when they bring him fish?

5. What causes Jimmy's parents to argue that he is reminded of by the bonfire?

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