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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. Which word best describes Jimmy's mother's personality?

2. Who is Oryx sold to?

3. Where does Jimmy believe that Oryx once lived?

4. What role does Jimmy establish himself as when he is a student at HelthWyzer?

5. Why are the new humans scented?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

3. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

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

5. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

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

7. What laws has Snowman made? Why? How is he able to make laws?

8. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

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

10. Describe the Crakers.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is significant about Snowman's bonfire memory? What does Snowman think as a child when he sees the bonfire? Why is it significant to Snowman's current situation in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

When reading Oryx and Crake, how is the reader encouraged to be active, as opposed to passive? Provide at least one specific example from the novel.

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