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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. Where does Jimmy believe that Oryx once lived?
(a) China or Japan.
(b) France or Italy.
(c) Vietnam or Cambodia.
(d) New Jersey or Rhode Island.

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

3. What is the name of the camera man?
(a) Jack.
(b) Eric.
(c) Crake.
(d) Phil.

4. What animals cannot be hunted?
(a) Those that are sacred to Killer.
(b) Those that are sacred to Oryx.
(c) Those that are sacred to Crake.
(d) Those that are sacred to Snowman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of one of Jimmy's hand puppets?

2. What food do the new humans bring to Snowman?

3. What social issue do Jimmy and Crake discuss?

4. Who moves in with Jimmy and his father?

5. What are Crakers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is suspense created in the beginning of the novel before the reader is introduced to the specific details of Snowman's world?

2. How does Snowman feel about Oryx?

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

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

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

6. Why don't the children know what a real Snowman is?

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

8. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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