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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. Why doesn't Jimmy's family ever visit the pleeblands?

2. What is the name of the person who buys Oryx?

3. What does the reader know that Crake has ruled in Chapter 1?

4. What objects do the children bring Snowman from the ocean?

5. Who is Oryx sold to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

2. What things is Snowman scared of?

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

4. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

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

6. Why does Snowman tell the children that he has feathers instead of stubble?

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

8. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is suspense built in the novel? Provide at least three specific examples from the novel to make your point clear.

Essay Topic 2

In the first section of the novel, what can the reader assume about Snowman? What can the reader assume about the new species of humans? How does the truth compare with these assumptions?

Essay Topic 3

How is irony present in the novel? What role does irony play in the story? What evidence of this is there?

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