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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. 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.

2. What is Jimmy's former pet?
(a) A genetically modified cat.
(b) A genetically modified racoon.
(c) A genetically modified skunk.
(d) A genetically modified squirrel.

3. What types of names do many of the Crakers have?
(a) Those of historical figures.
(b) Those of food.
(c) Those of kitchen appliances.
(d) Those of internet websites.

4. What ailment does Snowman believe he is suffering from that makes him decide to go to the compound?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Dehydration.

5. When Snowman is in the forest, what does he worry about?
(a) He thinks animals will eat him.
(b) He thinks he is going to starve.
(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. Who does Snowman pretend to ask for stubble for the children?

2. What are Crakers?

3. Which word best describes Jimmy's mother's personality?

4. In Snowman's flashback, what does he ask Oryx about?

5. What does Snowman do as he leaves the village of the Crakers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Snowman choose the name Thickney? Why does Crake choose this name for himself?

2. Why don't the children know what a real Snowman is?

3. What has been eliminated from the human experience for the Crakers?

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

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

6. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

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

8. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

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

10. Describe the Crakers.

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