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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. Who meets Hammond's group after they land on Safari Island?
(a) Don Malsen.
(b) John Malcolm.
(c) Ed Regis.
(d) Dennis Nedry.

2. What is the name of the mathematician that will be accompanying Grant and Sattler to the Costa Rican island?
(a) Ian Malcolm.
(b) Donald Gennaro.
(c) Daniel Ross.
(d) Bob Morris.

3. Years before the story takes place, Malcolm worked as a consultant. Whom did Malcolm consult for?
(a) BioSyn.
(b) Dr. Guitierrez.
(c) InGen.
(d) Columbia University.

4. What type of dinosaur do the tour group members first see as their tour begins through the park?
(a) Hypsilophodonts.
(b) Tyrannosaurus rex.
(c) Raptors.
(d) Othnielia.

5. What is the name of the lawyer assigned to the Hammond file at Cowan, Swain, and Ross?
(a) Ian Malcolm.
(b) Bob Morris.
(c) Donald Gennaro.
(d) Daniel Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellie Sattler react when she sees the island's animals?

2. What type of vehicle is used for the tour through the animal enclosures?

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

4. How does John Hammond characterize Arnold?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Dr. Grant concerned about protecting the partially exposed fossil before he departed for Costa Rica?

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

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

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

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

6. What view does Muldoon hold that often puts him at odds with the Jurassic Park owners?

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

8. Even though the research doctor declared that Tina was attacked by a basilisk lizard, why does he continue to search for answers by returning to the beach where the attack took place?

9. The scientists at the dig site lived in tipis. Why?

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

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