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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 types of names do many of the Crakers have?
(a) Those of historical figures.
(b) Those of internet websites.
(c) Those of kitchen appliances.
(d) Those of food.

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

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

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

5. What does Snowman wish he was drinking rather than water when he is in the forest?
(a) Beer.
(b) Tea.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snowman end up telling the children about the items they bring him from the ocean?

2. What is Snowman's earliest memory of his life?

3. Why are the new humans scented?

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

5. What does Snowman throw to scare away the animals that approach his tree at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship that Jimmy has with his parents.

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

3. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

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

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

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

7. In what ways is Oryx a pawn? What does this foreshadow?

8. How does Jimmy's family foreshadow the future?

9. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

10. How does Snowman feel when telling the Crakers stories about Crake?

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