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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. How does Snowman get cut?

2. What does Crake claim his unit is working on?

3. What is the man who locks up Oryx ordered to do for her?

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

5. What does Snowman forget when he leaves the tower?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the note that Jimmy left behind?

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

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

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

5. Snowman has a weird feeling about the home he visits on the compound. Describe these feelings.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is irony present in the novel? What role does irony play in the story? What evidence of this is there?

Essay Topic 2

How is the title Oryx and Crake relevant to the novel's story? Who is the story about? Is that shown in the title? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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