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Oryx and Crake Part I Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the first part of the novel "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sarah606. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Sarah606

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
170,164

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
648

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Snowman's name when he was a kid? Hint

Crake

Joe

Billy

Jimmy

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Crake's real name? Hint

Chris

Eric

Glenn

Jimmy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where did Crake get the name Crake? Hint

a children's television show

a cereal

an Australian bird

an old Dicken's novel

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where did Snowman first see Oryx? Hint

at the old compound

at the food court

on a porn site

on television

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the man who bought Oryx from her mother? Hint

Uncle Ed

Uncle En

Uncle El

Uncle Em

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Question 6 of 10

6. What name did the man that bought her first give Oryx? Hint

SuSu

Suzy

Oryx

Onyx

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Jack call the building where Oryx filmed movies? Hint

Tomorrowland

Fantasyland

Never Never Land

Pixieland

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did the Crakepeople have to bring to Snowman once a week? Hint

a chicken

a woman

a fish

a painting

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Crakepeople know it was time to mate when the females' abdomens turned what color? Hint

Blue

Red

Purple

Pink

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was Snowman's stepmother's first name? Hint

Ramona

Rhonda

Robin

Rachel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Snowman's name when he was a kid?

Answer: Jimmy

When he was liitle he was Jimmy. Later he wanted people to call him Jim.

2. What was Crake's real name?

Answer: Glenn

His real name was Glenn. It is mentioned that he is Glenn with two N's because his father was a big music fan.

3. Where did Crake get the name Crake?

Answer: an Australian bird

He was using it as a nickname on a gaming website, he got it from the Australian bird, the red-necked crake.

4. Where did Snowman first see Oryx?

Answer: on a porn site

Jimmy and Crake saw Oryx when they were surfing porn sites, she was a just a young girl.

5. What was the name of the man who bought Oryx from her mother?

Answer: Uncle En

Uncle En came and bought Oryx, her brother and two other older girls from her village.

6. What name did the man that bought her first give Oryx?

Answer: SuSu

She was called SuSu and at first she sold flowers to tourists in the city.

7. What did Jack call the building where Oryx filmed movies?

Answer: Pixieland

Jack called the building Pixieland where all the young girls filmed the pornography.

8. What did the Crakepeople have to bring to Snowman once a week?

Answer: a fish

Even though the Crakepeople were vegetarians, they brought Snowman a fish once a week to eat.

9. The Crakepeople know it was time to mate when the females' abdomens turned what color?

Answer: Blue

The females' abdomens turned blue when they were able to make babies. Crake modeled it after baboons. Most women turned blue about once every three years, and would mate with four men until she turned back to her natural color. That is how they knew she had conceived.

10. What was Snowman's stepmother's first name?

Answer: Ramona

Ramona worked with his father and married him not long after Snowman's mother deserted them.

Source: Author Sarah606

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