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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. How does Bernice protest animal abuse?

2. What social issue is approached when Snowman arrives at the dome in the present day?

3. At the end of the flashback, how long has Jimmy been working at Anoo Yoo?

4. How does Crake's father die?

5. What is a secret effect of the prophylactic pill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the people that Crake has engineered.

2. Why is it significant that Snowman sees smoke in the distance?

3. Is the author effective in building suspense when Snowman arrives at the compound?

4. How has Crake's experiment failed?

5. What are Snowman's feelings about humanity now that most have died?

6. Why does Snowman tell the Crakers that they are in a dream?

7. Describe Snowman's life following his mother's execution.

8. What kills the people that Snowman finds in the house he visits?

9. Why is the name of the dome (Paradice) significant?

10. Describe the weather. Why does it change like this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the radio that Snowman finds a symbol? What does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

How is the title Oryx and Crake relevant to the novel's story? Who is the story about? Is that shown in the title? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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