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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 35-46).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Jimmy's parents to argue that he is reminded of by the bonfire?
(a) Jimmy's father started a fire in the backyard.
(b) Jimmy cut his hair and set it on fire.
(c) Jimmy accidentally set the house on fire.
(d) Jimmy cut his father's hair and set it on fire.

2. Where has Snowman been sleeping?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In a watch tower.
(d) In an old bath tub.

3. What is the author's purpose in the first two sections of the novel?
(a) To build suspense.
(b) To flashback to the past.
(c) To give the reader a moral message.
(d) To show the way Crake has changed life.

4. What does Snowman wrap himself in to start the day?
(a) A dirty bed sheet.
(b) An old terry cloth robe.
(c) A woman's dressing gown.
(d) A nightshirt.

5. When Snowman is in the forest, what does he worry about?
(a) He thinks he is going to starve.
(b) He thinks animals will eat him.
(c) He thinks he is forgetting things.
(d) He thinks the weather is too intense and might freeze him to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snowman drink water out of?

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

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

4. What job does Jimmy's father have?

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

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