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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. What is kept in a locked room in the basement of the compound that only Muldoon has the key to?
(a) Tazers.
(b) Cattle prods.
(c) Missiles.
(d) Tranquilizers.

2. How many kinds of animals are originally supposed to be on Hammond's island?
(a) 238.
(b) 35.
(c) 112.
(d) 15.

3. How does the research doctor explain the symptoms that Tina experienced after being bitten by the lizard?
(a) As a poisonous bite.
(b) As an allergic reaction.
(c) As a tropical disease.
(d) As sunstroke.

4. How does Ellie Sattler react when she sees the island's animals?
(a) Ellie is furious.
(b) Ellie is overwhelmed.
(c) Ellie is frightened.
(d) Ellie is greedy.

5. 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. Cruz.
(b) Dr. Benson.
(c) Dr. Carter.
(d) Dr. Guitierrez.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Regis, why does the Tyrannosaurus rex never venture out into the open during the daylight hours?

3. When the animals on the island are finally identified, what are the animals identified as?

4. Who is the staff member primarily responsible for designing the computer systems on Safari Island?

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

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. Explain why paleontologists debate whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded or warm-blooded animals.

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

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

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

6. What is Ian Malcolm's area of specialization and how does this area apply to Safari Island?

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

8. Why does the report received from Dr. Stone's team initially allay Dr. Guitierrez's fears about the lizard?

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

10. When the group reassembles in the visitor building in order to begin their tour, Malcolm upsets Hammond. What does Malcolm do?

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