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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy get injured?

2. Who is Oryx sold to?

3. What time does Snowman believe it is as he turns inland?

4. What does the camera man teach Oryx?

5. What happens to Jimmy's father's computer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

4. What things is Snowman scared of?

5. Describe the Crakers.

6. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

7. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

8. Why does Jimmy ("Snowman") believe that the nickname "Abominable Snowman" fits him?

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

10. Describe the relationship that Jimmy has with his parents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Crake and Jimmy. How are they similar? How do they change one another?

Essay Topic 2

How is the radio that Snowman finds a symbol? What does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Is Oryx a pawn in the novel? Why or why not? Do you think that Margaret Atwood is trying to send a message to the reader by doing this?

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