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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 do the Crakers build while Snowman is away on the compound?

2. What is the name of the dome?

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

4. What does Snowman do to the people who are infected on the road?

5. What is Jimmy majoring in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How has Crake's experiment failed?

10. How do the Crakers get the idea to build a symbol?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What is the novel's central conflict? Provide evidence to support your claims.

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