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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 Snowman see in the airlock in Section 13?

2. How does Snowman monitor the Crakers before he leads them to a new home?

3. What is evidence that Crake's experiment has failed?

4. What is the name of the virus that kills most of the humans?

5. What stalls Snowman's journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Amanda's project?

3. Why is it significant that Snowman sees smoke in the distance?

4. What is Jimmy's job at the library symbolic of?

5. What are the major differences between Snowman and the Crakers?

6. Why does Snowman take in the Crakers and lead them to safety?

7. Why are guns missing from the dead guards?

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

9. What is significant about the names of the people who work at Paradice?

10. Why is the name of the dome (Paradice) significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When reading Oryx and Crake, how is the reader encouraged to be active, as opposed to passive? Provide at least one specific example from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the way dreams are a motif in the novel. Why are dreams so important, and how is this shown?

Essay Topic 3

Crake shows what he thinks about language by changing it drastically. Metaphors can no longer be used because the Crakers do not understand them. Why do you think Crake intended on changing language so drastically?

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