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Chapters 1-3
Reading Check
Short Answer
1. Snowman lives alone in a world with dangerous weather patterns and engineered wildlife. He lives near characters called Crakers who do not seem to be human in the way that Snowman is. (Chapters 1-3)
2. Ramona is a lab assistant who works with Jimmy’s father. Jimmy’s mother is a former genetic engineer who now stays home and has depression. (Chapter 2)
3. The weather alternates between extreme heat and storms. (Chapters 1-3)
4. The presence of these creatures suggests the failure of genetic engineering because the animals now run wild. (Chapter 3)
Chapters 4-6
Reading Check
1. The letter says that Jimmy’s mother is leaving, that she will be in touch, and that she took Killer to liberate her. (Chapter 4)
2. MaddAddam (Chapter 4)
3. Rednecked Crake (Chapter 4)
4. On HottTotts, a global sex-trotting internet site (Chapter 4)
Short Answer
1. Snowman creates an origin story to explain life after the plague.
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