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Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake"

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Margaret Atwoods Oryx and Crake game quiz
"Have you read this excellent book? This is a fairly tough quiz - if you've read "Oryx and Crake" only once, you should may not do so well."

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1. What is Snowman's given name?
    Jimmy
    Jeremy
    Donald
    Todd


2. What is a rakunk?
    a vegetable
    a mineral
    a weapon
    an animal


3. What colour eyes do the Crakers have?
    Blue
    Green
    Brown
    Hazel


4. Crake's given name is Glenn. Whom does Atwood imply he is named after?
    Glenn Gould
    Glenn Carruthers
    John Glenn
    Glenn Scarpelli


5. Snowman briefly has an activist roommate while attending university. She was a member of which group?
    Greenpeace
    God's Gardeners
    Ecology Action
    Heaven's Horticulturalists


6. What is the name of the highschool where Crake and Snowman first meet?
    Monsanto High
    BeWell High
    KromoKids Collegiate Institute
    HelthWyzer High


7. What is a crake?
    a Eurasian mammal
    an Australian bird
    a South American reptile
    an African insect


8. What is Snowman's Extinctathon codename?
    Tapir
    Oryx
    Thickney
    Crake


9. How did Oryx leave her family as a child?
    She was sold into a kiddie porn ring
    She didn't leave home as a child
    She ran away
    She was sold to a man to sell flowers in the street


10. What are pigoons used for prior to the collapse of civilization?
    Pets
    Meat
    Harvesting organs
    Farm Work


11. What is the name of the university Crake attends?
    Harvard
    Darwin
    Watson-Crick
    Cuvier


12. What did Jimmy name his pet rakunk?
    Bandit
    Teeth
    Cutie-Pie
    Killer


13. In Junior High, Jimmy insults people by calling them a "Cork-nut." This is a term meaning almond, used by Alex, a talking animal. Alex is a real animal. What kind of animal is he?
    a parrot
    a dolphin
    a chimpanzee
    a gorilla


14. What are the Pleeblands?
    Worker Compounds
    Shopping Malls
    Refugee Camps
    Free Cities


15. A disease brings about the collapse of civilization. How does this disease initially get released into the population?
    through genetically altered pollen
    in BlyssPlus pills
    through tainted meat
    by the approach of a near-earth comet


16. Is Snowman the last "real" human being on Earth?
    Yes
    No


17. What are caecotropes?
    genetically modified animals
    partially digested feces, reingested to get full nutrients from food
    genetically modified plants
    Industrially created rocks that release water into the environment


18. What is the security force called?
    Answer: (one word - short for Corporate Security Corps)


19. How does Jimmy's mother die?
    from the haemoragic fever
    mauled by a wolvog
    she doesn't die
    executed for being a revolutionary


20. Who might be called a neurotypical?
    someone who isn't genetically enhanced
    someone who doesn' t take mind-altering drugs
    someone who is sane
    someone who is not a genius


21. What do the Crakers bring Snowman once a week?
    a Craker woman who is in heat
    a ceremonial object
    a cooked fish
    a basket of fruit


22. What do the Crakers believe Snowman uses to talk to Crake?
    a telephone
    his watch
    a walkman
    his beer bottles


23. What is Oryx's job at Paradice?
    to market BlyssPlus pills
    a prostitute
    to teach the Crakers how to survive
    to research genetic mutations


24. What experimental food product horrifies Jimmy while he visits Watson-Crick?
    BeefieBytes
    ChickieNobs
    pigoons
    PorkyPops


25. What is remarkable about the rabbits that appear in this book?
    They are ten feet tall
    They have wings
    They ruthlessly attack people
    They cast a green glow

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