View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Crakers doing around the structure they have built?

2. What causes Snowman to go back into the gatehouse?

3. What type of building does Snowman enter when he sees a twister approaching?

4. What does Snowman see in the building that he enters when he sees the twister?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the pleeblands.

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

3. Why are guns missing from the dead guards?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of the note that Jimmy left behind?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are flashbacks used in Oryx and Crake to keep the plot's action continuing? What would the novel be like without flashbacks? Why are they so vital to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How is suspense built in the novel? Provide at least three specific examples from the novel to make your point clear.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the novel's climax. What does the climax mean for Snowman and the Crakers?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 673 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample