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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 is the name of one of Jimmy's hand puppets?
(a) Smart Dad.
(b) Evil Dad.
(c) Crazy Dad.
(d) Righteous Dad.

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

3. What color stimulates the male Crakers?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. What does the camera man teach Oryx?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) History.
(d) Spanish.

5. What nickname does Jimmy use on the "Extinctathon" website?
(a) Thickney.
(b) Oryx.
(c) Crake.
(d) Killer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the new humans scented?

2. What does Snowman say his stubble is when the children ask about it?

3. What type of ritual do the males perform each morning?

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

5. What project is Jimmy's dad a key worker in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

5. How does Jimmy's family foreshadow the future?

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

7. How is suspense created in the beginning of the novel before the reader is introduced to the specific details of Snowman's world?

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

9. Describe Oryx's childhood.

10. What things is Snowman scared of?

(see the answer keys)

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