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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Donald Gennaro react when he sees the island's animals?
(a) Donald is overwhelmed.
(b) Donald is greedy.
(c) Donald is frightened.
(d) Donald is furious.

2. What about the lizard on the Costa Rican beach catches Tina's attention?
(a) The lizard is purple.
(b) The lizard has three eyes.
(c) The lizard stands on its hind legs.
(d) The lizard waves at Tina.

3. How often does the computer conduct the category tally on the dinosaurs?
(a) Every hour.
(b) Every 30 minutes.
(c) Every 5 minutes.
(d) Every 15 minutes.

4. As Alan is getting ready to leave the dig site, what type of fossil is he worried about protecting until his return?
(a) A triceratops.
(b) A Tyrannosaurus rex.
(c) A stegosaurus.
(d) A velociraptor.

5. How does John Hammond characterize Arnold?
(a) As a worrier.
(b) As a brilliant mind.
(c) As a calming force.
(d) As a hothead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of creating and controlling the dinosaurs?

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

3. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?

4. According to the findings at the Tropical Diseases Laboratory, what is the lizard's blood mildly reactive to?

5. While on the dig site, how do Grant and his team measure the passing of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why paleontologists debate whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded or warm-blooded animals.

2. Why does Dr. Wu have the utmost confidence in his paleo-DNA?

3. Why was Gennaro not happy to have to make the trip to Hammond's island?

4. What about the graph of the procompsognathida population worries Malcolm?

5. What view does Muldoon hold that often puts him at odds with the Jurassic Park owners?

6. As the group is traveling from the helicopter pad to the tourist compound after seeing the first dinosaurs, what do Grant and Malcolm discuss and why?

7. Why are the dinosaurs supposedly reliant on the food supplied to them by the Jurassic Park scientists? Why is this an important safety measure?

8. Hammond tries to defend Jurassic Park by saying it's like a zoo. How does Malcolm respond to Hammond's defense of the park?

9. When the group reassembles in the visitor building in order to begin their tour, Malcolm upsets Hammond. What does Malcolm do?

10. What comprised the bulk of the work undertaken by the Tropical Diseases Laboratory?

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