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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 time does Snowman believe it is as he turns inland?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 7 a.m.

2. What fruit is hidden near Snowman's tree?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Coconuts.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Apples.

3. Where does Snowman find shelter during the bad weather?
(a) A pile of tires.
(b) In an outhouse.
(c) In a tree house.
(d) In Crake's dome.

4. What does Snowman consider doing, but decides against it?
(a) Keeping a journal.
(b) Learning to cook.
(c) Approaching a nearby village.
(d) Getting a pet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Oryx's actions monitored by her owner?

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

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

4. Who does Snowman try to conjure before he goes to bed at night in his tree?

5. What does Jimmy's mother do before she quits her job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Oryx's childhood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Snowman feel no lust for women?

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

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