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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. Which sick dinosaur is the veterinarian caring for in the park?
(a) A stegosaurus.
(b) A liphosaurus.
(c) A brontosaurus.
(d) A dilophosaur.

2. Why does the ship that is unloading supplies at the dock request an early departure from the island?
(a) The captain is sick.
(b) The ship is behind schedule.
(c) A storm is rolling in.
(d) A more important job has been assigned.

3. As Alan is getting ready to leave the dig site, what type of fossil is he worried about protecting until his return?
(a) A velociraptor.
(b) A stegosaurus.
(c) A triceratops.
(d) A Tyrannosaurus rex.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the grandmother whose sleeping grandchild is bitten describe the lizard she sees?

2. What does Sattler notice about many of the plants surrounding the pool at the tourist compound?

3. As Hammond and Wu listen to the negative comments from the tour participants, who does Hammond blame for all of the negativity?

4. What do Grant and his team affectionately call the CAST program they use to locate fossils underground?

5. How often does the computer conduct the category tally on the dinosaurs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the reasons why the Environmental Protection Agency is suspicious of the Hammond Foundation in respect to amber?

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

8. While Sattler, Grant, and the veterinarian are trying to figure out why their dinosaur is sick, Malcolm shares with Gennaro his theory of life. What does Malcolm believe and believes is confirmed through chaos theory?

9. 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?

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

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