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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 discouraged at Crake's school?

2. Where does Snowman believe that he will find food?

3. What does CorpSeCorps question Jimmy about?

4. What do the Crakers build while Snowman is away on the compound?

5. What does CorpSeCorps show Jimmy a video of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Crakers and the way they function in society. What are their lives like? In what ways are they simpler than humans? In what ways are they more complex?

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