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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 Snowman is on the rampart, how is the weather?

2. In the dream that Snowman has in the building, how old is he?

3. Where do Jimmy and Crake go in the pleeblands several times?

4. What do the Crakers see when they leave Crake's dome?

5. What does Snowman tell the Crakers to call the shore?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Crake's experiment failed?

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

4. What is the significance of Crake's nightmares?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the people that Crake has engineered.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Crake and Jimmy. How are they similar? How do they change one another?

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

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

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