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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 masterminds the virus that kills most of the humans?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Snowman.
(c) Crake.
(d) Oryx.

2. What does Snowman fear when the lights go out inside the building?
(a) Crakers.
(b) Rats.
(c) Dead guards.
(d) Snakes.

3. How does Snowman monitor the Crakers before he leads them to a new home?
(a) He lived with them.
(b) He had others check on them.
(c) By video camera.
(d) He used a radio.

4. What is the name of the virus that kills most of the humans?
(a) JUVE.
(b) VUJE.
(c) EJUV.
(d) AVUE.

5. When Jimmy spends the night in Crake's room, what wakes him up in the middle of the night?
(a) Somebody tapping on the window.
(b) Crake's roommate returning home.
(c) Crake screaming in his dreams.
(d) A bad dream he has.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Jimmy's live-in girlfriend?

2. What does Snowman burn at the dome in present day?

3. What is the name of the Craker who tells Snowman that other humans passed through?

4. What causes Snowman to go back into the gatehouse?

5. What birds are flying overhead when Snowman enters the compound's residence area?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the name of the dome (Paradice) significant?

2. Is the author effective in building suspense when Snowman arrives at the compound?

3. How is Oryx unlike the women that Jimmy meets in college?

4. What are the similarities between Snowman's life now and in the past?

5. Describe the people that Crake has engineered.

6. What is represented in Snowman leaving the radio behind?

7. Why does Snowman take in the Crakers and lead them to safety?

8. Why is it significant that Snowman sees smoke in the distance?

9. Describe the interactions between Jimmy and Crake in college.

10. What kills the people that Snowman finds in the house he visits?

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