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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. When do people in Crake's dome die?

2. What does Snowman plan to tell the Crakers regarding what he saw that is a message from Crake?

3. In what month does Jimmy graduate from high school?

4. How many fish does Snowman plan to tell the Crakers that he needs to eat per week?

5. When Jimmy spends the night in Crake's room, what wakes him up in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jimmy's job at the library symbolic of?

2. How is Oryx unlike the women that Jimmy meets in college?

3. What is Oryx's role in Jimmy's relationships?

4. Describe the interactions between Jimmy and Crake in college.

5. Why are guns missing from the dead guards?

6. Why does Snowman take in the Crakers and lead them to safety?

7. What does Snowman hope to gain from the humans that the Crakers have seen?

8. Snowman has a weird feeling about the home he visits on the compound. Describe these feelings.

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

10. What is represented in Snowman leaving the radio behind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Snowman has thoughts and flashbacks that involve both Oryx and Crake. What does Jimmy think of these two? What emotions does he feel for the other two characters?

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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