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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 is the name of the prophylactic pill that Crake talks about?
(a) ExtraPlus.
(b) AnooPlus.
(c) HappyPlus.
(d) BlyssPlus.

2. Where does Snowman spend his first night of the journey?
(a) His former home.
(b) In the forest.
(c) A random home.
(d) The watch tower.

3. What do the Crakers build while Snowman is away on the compound?
(a) An effigy of the bobkitten.
(b) An effigy of Oryx.
(c) An effigy of Snowman.
(d) An effigy of Crake.

4. What does Snowman shout into the radio?
(a) "I need help!"
(b) "Please help!"
(c) "Save me!"
(d) "I'm here!"

5. In the dream that Snowman has in the building, how old is he?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What watch tower does Snowman climb down to the ground from?

2. What causes Snowman to go back into the gatehouse?

3. What name does Crake use to introduce Jimmy to his classmates?

4. What has Crake been doing for a living?

5. What school is comparable to the Watson-Crick Institution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Snowman hope to gain from the humans that the Crakers have seen?

2. What is Oryx's role in Jimmy's relationships?

3. What is Oryx's role in Crake's project?

4. Describe Snowman's life following his mother's execution.

5. How is Oryx unlike the women that Jimmy meets in college?

6. What are Snowman's feelings about humanity now that most have died?

7. Describe the interactions between Jimmy and Crake in college.

8. What is the significance of Crake's nightmares?

9. Describe the people that Crake has engineered.

10. What is represented in Snowman leaving the radio behind?

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