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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?
    Todd
    Donald
    Jimmy
    Jeremy


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


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 Scarpelli
    John Glenn
    Glenn Gould
    Glenn Carruthers


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


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?
    Thickney
    Crake
    Oryx
    Tapir


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


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


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


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


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 chimpanzee
    a parrot
    a dolphin
    a gorilla


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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?
    his beer bottles
    a telephone
    his watch
    a walkman


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


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


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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