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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 animals cannot be hunted?

2. Where does Snowman find shelter during the bad weather?

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

4. What do the women do to the injured boy?

5. What is Jimmy's former pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what ways is Oryx a pawn? What does this foreshadow?

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

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

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

9. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

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

Consider the way that Snowman reacts to the events around him. Do you think he is realistic in the way he reacts? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Jimmy's family and the role his mother and father play in his development. How does Jimmy try to replace his family later on in life? Does he succeed? Why or why not?

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