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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 type of meat is frequently served at OrganInc's cafeteria?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Pork.
(c) Fish.
(d) Steak.

2. Where does Jimmy live with his mother and father?
(a) An apartment in the pleeblands.
(b) A dormitory.
(c) In Crake's dome.
(d) A company supplied compound home.

3. Why can't Snowman tell what time it is?
(a) His watch is at the Craker's village.
(b) He forgot how to tell time.
(c) He does not have a watch.
(d) His watch is broken.

4. After thinking about beverages, what does Snowman regret?
(a) Drinking the rest of the soda he had stockpiled.
(b) Drinking so many unhealthy beverages as a child.
(c) Torturing himself with thoughts of things he can never have.
(d) Not taking advantage of the drinks he had to throw out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What approaches Snowman's tree at night?

2. At what place does Snowman believe he will find guns?

3. What is Snowman's earliest memory of his life?

4. What does Snowman consider doing, but decides against it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

2. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

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

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

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

6. How does Snowman feel when telling the Crakers stories about Crake?

7. Describe Oryx's childhood.

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

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

10. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

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