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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 social issue is approached when Snowman arrives at the dome in the present day?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Poverty.

2. What does Snowman plan to tell the Crakers regarding what he saw that is a message from Crake?
(a) A dream.
(b) A written note.
(c) A talking animal.
(d) A burning bush.

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

4. What is Snowman's overall destination?
(a) A mountain top.
(b) Crake's dome.
(c) His old home.
(d) Another group of Crakers.

5. What keeps the animals from attacking Snowman when he is inside the watch tower on the compound?
(a) A gate.
(b) Trees that have been knocked down.
(c) A door.
(d) Stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Jimmy graduate from high school?

2. What do the Crakers say that the woman smelled like?

3. What type of building does Snowman enter when he sees a twister approaching?

4. Where does Jimmy get a summer job?

5. What is the man who locks up Oryx ordered to do for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Crake's experiment failed?

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

3. What does Snowman hope to gain from the humans that the Crakers have seen?

4. What are Snowman's feelings about humanity now that most have died?

5. How do the Crakers get the idea to build a symbol?

6. Describe Snowman's life following his mother's execution.

7. What is the significance of the note that Jimmy left behind?

8. Why does Snowman tell the Crakers that they are in a dream?

9. What is significant about the names of the people who work at Paradice?

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

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