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Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake"

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Introduction:
"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."


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


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


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


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?
    God's Gardeners
    Ecology Action
    Greenpeace
    Heaven's Horticulturalists


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


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


8. What is Snowman's Extinctathon codename?
    Oryx
    Thickney
    Crake
    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?
    Meat
    Pets
    Farm Work
    Harvesting organs


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


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


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?
    Shopping Malls
    Worker Compounds
    Free Cities
    Refugee Camps


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?
    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?
    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?
    PorkyPops
    BeefieBytes
    ChickieNobs
    pigoons


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


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