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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 pretend his watch is for the children?
(a) A microphone.
(b) A microwave.
(c) A computer.
(d) A magnifying glass.

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

3. How long does Snowman expect to be gone on his journey to the compound?
(a) Two or three days.
(b) Two months.
(c) One day.
(d) Four weeks.

4. How often are female Crakers fertile?
(a) Every 2 months.
(b) Every 6 days.
(c) Every year.
(d) Every 3 years.

5. What does Snowman wrap himself in to start the day?
(a) A nightshirt.
(b) A dirty bed sheet.
(c) An old terry cloth robe.
(d) A woman's dressing gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snowman drink water out of?

2. Why are the new humans scented?

3. What kind of hat does Snowman wear?

4. What game does Snowman believe will help his mind?

5. What does Snowman wish he was drinking rather than water when he is in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the reader infer about the creatures that Snowman encounters?

2. What things is Snowman scared of?

3. How does Snowman feel about Crake?

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

5. What can the reader infer about the pleeblands since they are labeled as "unsafe"?

6. What theories do you have about how the world has ended up this way?

7. What laws has Snowman made? Why? How is he able to make laws?

8. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

9. Describe the Crakers.

10. Why does Sharon leave? Why does Sharon destroy the computers?

(see the answer keys)

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