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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 time does Snowman believe it is as he turns inland?

2. What does Snowman wish he was drinking rather than water when he is in the forest?

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

4. What is the author's purpose in the first two sections of the novel?

5. What happens to Jimmy's former pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things is Snowman scared of?

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

4. Describe Oryx's childhood.

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

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

7. What theories do you have about how the world has ended up this way?

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

9. How does Snowman feel when telling the Crakers stories about Crake?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do the pseudonyms presented become a motif in the novel? What do they tell us about the world Snowman lived in as a child and at the present?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the novel's climax. What does the climax mean for Snowman and the Crakers?

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