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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 Tim come to recognize Dr. Grant?
(a) Tim has a copy of Dr. Grant's book.
(b) Tim saw Dr. Grant on television.
(c) Tim met Dr. Grant at a book signing.
(d) Tim read about Dr. Grant's archeological dig.

2. According to Malcolm, how large is the full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex?
(a) As large as a building.
(b) As large as an airplane.
(c) As large as a Sequoia.
(d) As large as an elephant.

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

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

5. What is the name of the visiting physician working in a clinic on the West Coast of Costa Rica?
(a) Dr. Billy Carter.
(b) Dr. Barry Carter.
(c) Dr. Barbara Carter.
(d) Dr. Bobby Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the research doctor explain the symptoms that Tina experienced after being bitten by the lizard?

2. How does John Hammond characterize Arnold?

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

4. At the raptor pen, Grant, Sattler, Malcolm, and the kids see only one raptor at first. What is the one raptor doing?

5. Who is traveling in the second car for the tour through the animal enclosures?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the item given to the unidentified man from InGen at the meeting to plan the theft of the embryos.

2. Why do the board members at InGen's corporate rival engage in a corporate espionage plot?

3. According to Arnold, why is Jurassic Park the most ambitious theme park in history?

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

5. Tina's parents had a hard time dismissing Dr. Guitierrez's conclusions because his description of the basilisk lizard didn't match with what Tina said she observed. What happens in the hospital as Tina is preparing to leave to prove just how observant she actually is?

6. Identify three glitches that Nedry still has to fix in the computer system.

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

8. According to the essay in the book's introduction, what is the purpose of genetic engineering research?

9. According to Malcolm, what is the difference between physics and chaos theory? Give examples for each.

10. According to Dr. Wu, why did the scientists create so many procompsognathus?

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