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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. How big was the elephant that Hammond used to carry around in a cage to help him in his fund-raising meetings?
(a) Twenty-four inches.
(b) Three inches.
(c) Nine inches.
(d) Fifteen inches.

2. What is the name of the family on vacation in the jungles of Costa Rica?
(a) Bierman.
(b) Bowman.
(c) Benson.
(d) Belliman.

3. 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 diplomatic pouch.
(d) In a special purse.

4. How much funding for Grant's dig is received from the Hammond Foundation?
(a) $40,000 per year for two years.
(b) $30,000 per year for five years.
(c) $50,000 per year for three years.
(d) $20,000 per year for four years.

5. What is the name of Gennaro's wife?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Alexis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Grant and his team affectionately call the CAST program they use to locate fossils underground?

2. Once Dr. Guitierrez retrieves the carcass of the lizard on the beach, where does he decide to send the carcass for testing?

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

4. Who is the head of the Tropical Diseases Laboratory that Dr. Guitierrez sends the lizard carcass to?

5. What is the name of the visiting physician working in a clinic on the West Coast of Costa Rica?

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