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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 is the man who locks up Oryx ordered to do for her?

2. What does Crake claim his unit is working on?

3. What is the nickname of the Watson-Crick Institution?

4. Where does Snowman spend his first night of the journey?

5. When do people in Crake's dome die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Oryx's role in Crake's project?

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

3. What is the significance of Amanda's project?

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

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

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

7. What are the major differences between Snowman and the Crakers?

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

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

10. What is significant about the names of the people who work at Paradice?

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

In the first section of the novel, what can the reader assume about Snowman? What can the reader assume about the new species of humans? How does the truth compare with these assumptions?

Essay Topic 3

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

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