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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 | Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Grant and his team affectionately call the CAST program they use to locate fossils underground?
(a) Thumper.
(b) Rexy.
(c) Al.
(d) Lucy.

2. When Hammond is carrying the elephant around trying to raise money, what kind of company is Hammond trying to start?
(a) A medical research firm.
(b) A genetics company.
(c) A corporate think-tank.
(d) An amusement park.

3. How does the grandmother whose sleeping grandchild is bitten describe the lizard she sees?
(a) Green with brown stripes.
(b) Brown with green stripes.
(c) Brown with red dots.
(d) Green with red dots.

4. Why is the species type of the lizard not determined in the initial work-up by the Tropical Diseases Laboratory?
(a) Dr. Cruz is away.
(b) Dr. Simpson is away.
(c) Dr. Sattler is away.
(d) Dr. Stone is away.

5. How will the embryos be smuggled off of Hammond's island?
(a) In a shaving cream can.
(b) In a tourist souvenir.
(c) In a special purse.
(d) In a diplomatic pouch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Environmental Protection Agency agent that visits Grant at his dig site?

2. When the animals on the island are finally identified, what are the animals identified as?

3. What is the Cowan, Swain, and Ross attorney's mission when he accompanies Grant to the Costa Rican island?

4. As Alan is getting ready to leave the dig site, what type of fossil is he worried about protecting until his return?

5. What is the name of InGen's main competitor?

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