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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 keeps the animals from attacking Snowman when he is inside the watch tower on the compound?

2. What does Snowman fear when the lights go out inside the building?

3. What name does Crake use to introduce Jimmy to his classmates?

4. What does CorpSeCorps show Jimmy a video of?

5. What is Snowman's overall destination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the similarities between Snowman's life now and in the past?

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

5. How has Crake's experiment failed?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is Oryx a pawn in the novel? Why or why not? Do you think that Margaret Atwood is trying to send a message to the reader by doing this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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