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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snowman do as he leaves the village of the Crakers?
(a) He is able to remember things better.
(b) He stumbles often.
(c) He cries.
(d) He feels more hungry.

2. What is Oryx renamed by her owner?
(a) OrOr.
(b) RuRu.
(c) SuSu.
(d) En.

3. What role does Jimmy establish himself as when he is a student at HelthWyzer?
(a) Valedictorian.
(b) Class brain.
(c) Class clown.
(d) Teacher's pet.

4. What kind of pet does Jimmy have as a child?
(a) Pigoon.
(b) Corknut.
(c) Thickney.
(d) Rakunk.

5. What does the reader know that Crake has ruled in Chapter 1?
(a) Every name must have a literal equivalent.
(b) Every name must represent a person that Oryx likes.
(c) Every name must not have a physical equivalent.
(d) Every name must end in a certain letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jimmy's former pet?

2. What is the name of Jimmy's former pet?

3. What is missing from the bodies of the new women?

4. What nickname does Jimmy use on the "Extinctathon" website?

5. Why doesn't it matter that Snowman does not know what time it is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jimmy ("Snowman") believe that the nickname "Abominable Snowman" fits him?

2. Why does Snowman tell the children that he has feathers instead of stubble?

3. Are Jimmy and Crake good friends for each other? Why or why not?

4. What has been eliminated from the human experience for the Crakers?

5. What can the reader assume about civilization and humanity in Chapter 1?

6. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

7. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

8. Why are the animals being burned in the bonfire that Snowman remembers?

9. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

10. Why does Snowman choose the name Thickney? Why does Crake choose this name for himself?

(see the answer keys)

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