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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jimmy live with his mother and father?
(a) A dormitory.
(b) In Crake's dome.
(c) An apartment in the pleeblands.
(d) A company supplied compound home.

2. What are Crakers?
(a) The new humans created by Crake.
(b) The genetically modified animals designed by Crake.
(c) New homes designed by Crake.
(d) The cities Crake developed.

3. How are Oryx's actions monitored by her owner?
(a) Through a watch.
(b) Through her bracelet.
(c) Through a fake flower.
(d) Through a camera in her room.

4. Which word best describes Jimmy's mother's personality?
(a) Clever.
(b) Unavailable.
(c) Caring.
(d) Emotionally unstable.

5. What word does Jimmy invent?
(a) Corknut.
(b) Rakunk.
(c) Snat.
(d) Pigoon.

6. In Snowman's flashback, what does he ask Oryx about?
(a) Why she was on a website.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her brother.

7. What nickname does Jimmy use on the "Extinctathon" website?
(a) Killer.
(b) Oryx.
(c) Crake.
(d) Thickney.

8. Where is Oryx imprisoned after she is bought?
(a) In a basement.
(b) In a three-story building.
(c) In an outhouse.
(d) In a mansion.

9. At what place does Snowman believe he will find guns?
(a) The bubble-dome.
(b) Snowman's old home.
(c) A watch tower in another city.
(d) Buried near the ocean.

10. How does the boy get injured?
(a) A rakunk bit him.
(b) A bobkitten bit him.
(c) He tripped over a pigoon.
(d) He cut himself on a bottle.

11. What does Oryx sell?
(a) Computer parts.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Watches.

12. What is missing from the bodies of the new women?
(a) Body hair and fat.
(b) Fingernails and fat.
(c) Bellybuttons.
(d) Fat.

13. After thinking about beverages, what does Snowman regret?
(a) Not taking advantage of the drinks he had to throw out.
(b) Drinking the rest of the soda he had stockpiled.
(c) Drinking so many unhealthy beverages as a child.
(d) Torturing himself with thoughts of things he can never have.

14. What is the author's purpose in the first two sections of the novel?
(a) To flashback to the past.
(b) To build suspense.
(c) To show the way Crake has changed life.
(d) To give the reader a moral message.

15. Where has Snowman been sleeping?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In an old bath tub.
(c) In a watch tower.
(d) In a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oryx sold to after her first owner leaves?

2. What do the new humans ask Snowman about when they bring him fish?

3. What types of names do many of the Crakers have?

4. Why can't Snowman tell what time it is?

5. What time does Snowman believe it is as he turns inland?

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