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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?
(a) Photograph it.
(b) Study it.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Dismember it.

2. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1989.

3. When are the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary discovered?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1993.

4. Levine is upset to realize that someone has been to view the carcass before he arrives. Who beats Levine there?
(a) The InGen Cover Team.
(b) The Costa Rican Army.
(c) The Public Health Department.
(d) The Biosyn Security Team.

5. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Scientologist.
(d) Paleobiologist.

6. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to spy on the people who had been involved with the InGen project?
(a) Ed James.
(b) Doc Thorne.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) George Baselton.

7. Of the majority of animals that are now extinct, what percentage of those animals are accounted for due to mass killings?
(a) 25%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 5%.

8. Who does Malcolm contact to study the sample from the carcass he receives from Levine?
(a) Sarah Harding.
(b) George Baselton.
(c) Ed James.
(d) Elizabeth Gelman.

9. Dodgson tells the head of Biosyn that there could be a lucrative market in selling dinosaurs. To whom does Dodgson suggest selling them?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Universities.
(c) Zoos.
(d) Enthusiasts.

10. With what school is the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture associated?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Duke.

11. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?
(a) Only Malcolm survived.
(b) They signed non-disclosure agreements.
(c) InGen used anmesia drugs.
(d) No one wanted to relive the past.

12. How long has Malcolm been denying speculation regarding the InGen story?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

13. According to Malcolm, what is the characteristic human trait?
(a) Desire.
(b) Sentience.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Awareness.

14. When Arby sees a strange looking memo at Levine's apartment, what does Arby realize he is looking at?
(a) Bribes to Costa Rican officials.
(b) Recovered data.
(c) InGen's security system.
(d) Biosyn's blueprints.

15. How much of Biosyn's money has Dodgson lost in his corporate espionage attempts?
(a) $3.75 million.
(b) $1.25 million.
(c) $1.75 million.
(d) $2.5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the story, in what year does Ian Malcolm give a speech in which he states that complex animals die out because of their behavior?

2. What is the name of the American biologist who flies Levine to see the animal carcass?

3. What have the windows and walls of the research trailer been reinforced with?

4. According to Malcolm's interpretation, what is located on the island that Levine believes houses Site B?

5. What is another name for chaos theory?

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