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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) Oryx.
(b) Crake.
(c) God.
(d) Sharon.

2. What kind of pet does Jimmy have as a child?
(a) Rakunk.
(b) Thickney.
(c) Corknut.
(d) Pigoon.

3. How are Oryx's actions monitored by her owner?
(a) Through her bracelet.
(b) Through a fake flower.
(c) Through a camera in her room.
(d) Through a watch.

4. What is the name of Jimmy's former pet?
(a) Sniffer.
(b) Killer.
(c) Lover.
(d) Scratcher.

5. What animal are the bobkittens meant to control?
(a) The green rabbit.
(b) The red rabbit.
(c) The pigoons.
(d) The rakunks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snowman drink water out of?

2. Why does Snowman decide not to keep written records?

3. What food do the new humans bring to Snowman?

4. Why does Snowman retreat to the forest in the middle of the day?

5. What happens to Jimmy's former pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 has been eliminated from the human experience for the Crakers?

5. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

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