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

2. What job does Jimmy's father have?

3. What is the name of Jimmy's former pet?

4. Where does Jimmy live with his mother and father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

2. What has been eliminated from the human experience for the Crakers?

3. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

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

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

6. What can the reader assume about civilization and humanity in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

10. Describe the Crakers.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does foreshadowing play in Oryx and Crake? What indicators of foreshadowing are in the novel? What is foreshadowed early on in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the way dreams are a motif in the novel. Why are dreams so important, and how is this shown?

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