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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 | Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the group watches the one raptor they can see in the pen, what happens?
(a) Other raptors come alongside the first raptor and stare at the group.
(b) Other raptors try to climb the electrified fence.
(c) Other raptors appear for the feeding time.
(d) Other raptors try to attack them from the side.

3. What does Sattler notice about many of the plants surrounding the pool at the tourist compound?
(a) The plants are poisonous.
(b) The plants are easily killed.
(c) The plants are beautiful.
(d) The plants are prehistoric.

4. Who is the researcher that Tina's doctor refers the family to in order to determine what kind of animal attacked their daughter on the Costa Rican beach?
(a) Dr. Guitierrez.
(b) Dr. Cruz.
(c) Dr. Benson.
(d) Dr. Carter.

5. How do the scientists ensure that the dinosaurs will not breed in the wild?
(a) The dinosaurs have no reproductive organs.
(b) The dinosaurs are confined during mating season.
(c) The two sexes of dinosaurs are kept in separate enclosures.
(d) The dinosaurs are all female.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What about the lizard on the Costa Rican beach catches Tina's attention?

3. What is John Hammond's island off of the Costa Rican coast also known as?

4. Who meets Hammond's group after they land on Safari Island?

5. Why is the species type of the lizard not determined in the initial work-up by the Tropical Diseases Laboratory?

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