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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 happens to Jimmy's father's computer?

2. What animal are the bobkittens meant to control?

3. What is the name of one of Jimmy's hand puppets?

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

5. What type of meat is frequently served at OrganInc's cafeteria?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Crakers.

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

4. How do the Crakers bore Snowman?

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

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

7. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

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

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

10. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Crake shows what he thinks about language by changing it drastically. Metaphors can no longer be used because the Crakers do not understand them. Why do you think Crake intended on changing language so drastically?

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