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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 is the name of Jimmy's mother?

2. How long does Snowman expect to be gone on his journey to the compound?

3. What does Oryx sell?

4. Why are the new humans scented?

5. Where does Jimmy believe that Oryx once lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

3. What things is Snowman scared of?

4. Are Jimmy and Crake good friends for each other? Why or why not?

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

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

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

8. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

9. Why does Snowman cry when leaving the Crakers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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

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