View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the control room keep track of the animals in the park?
(a) Through visual accounting.
(b) Through birth and death tallies.
(c) Through motion sensors.
(d) Through aerial surveillance.

2. How many lizards were involved in the gruesome attack on the newborn baby?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. According to the findings at the Tropical Diseases Laboratory, what is the lizard's blood mildly reactive to?
(a) The venom of a king cobra.
(b) The venom of a tarantula.
(c) The venom of a jellyfish.
(d) The venom of a mosquito.

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. Benson.
(c) Dr. Carter.
(d) Dr. Cruz.

5. What is Dr. Ellie Sattler's specialization?
(a) Paleochemistry.
(b) Paleontology.
(c) Paleobotany.
(d) Paleobiology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the veterinarian for Jurassic Park?

3. According to Malcolm, how large is the full-grown Tyrannosaurus rex?

4. What type of animal does Grant first see after landing on the island?

5. Why does the tour group not initially enter the control room but head to the raptor pens instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the final reminder to Gennaro from his boss regarding the purpose of Gennaro's trip to Costa Rica? Why does this reminder make Gennaro uncomfortable?

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

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

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

6. Why does Arnold believe the computer system is completely secure?

7. Describe the "little" Tyrannosaurus rex that is in the T-Rex enclosure.

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

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

10. Why does Dr. Carter not believe Ed Regis' explanation of how the injured man helicoptered to the clinic was hurt?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 916 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample