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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the camera man teach Oryx?

2. What nickname does Jimmy use on the "Extinctathon" website?

3. What animals cannot be hunted?

4. What time does Snowman believe it is as he turns inland?

5. What is the name of the person who buys Oryx?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Crake insult Jimmy?

9. What is Crake's opinion on poverty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are flashbacks used in Oryx and Crake to keep the plot's action continuing? What would the novel be like without flashbacks? Why are they so vital to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the novel's climax. What does the climax mean for Snowman and the Crakers?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Crake and Jimmy. How are they similar? How do they change one another?

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