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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 Grant distract the final raptor after killing the other two in an effort to free Gennaro and the children from where they are trapped?
(a) By tossing frozen steaks.
(b) By using the radio.
(c) By throwing dinosaur eggs.
(d) By dancing.

2. What characteristic does Hammond determine that neither Wu nor Arnold truly possessed?
(a) Vision.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Strength.

3. Finding the maintenance tunnel behind the waterfall, Grant goes in. What attacks Grant in the maintenance area?
(a) A juvenile T-rex.
(b) A juvenile microsaurus.
(c) A juvenile compy.
(d) A juvenile raptor.

4. .Why does the first tranquilizer that Muldoon shoots at the T-rex miss its intended mark?
(a) The battery is dead in the laser sights.
(b) Muldoon's hand is shaking.
(c) The gun is calibrated for Arnold's touch.
(d) The T-rex lunges at the exact moment Muldoon fires.

5. In the morning, why do Grant and the children decide to leave the maintenance shed?
(a) To set off a motion detector.
(b) To return to the compound.
(c) To find the others.
(d) To find food for breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of creatures are housed in the aviary?

2. What sound drew the raptors out of their nest?

3. What does Tim share with Dr. Grant as they move through the tyrannosaurus paddock?

4. Inside the dinosaur nursery, what does Tim use to try to distract the raptors that are chasing him?

5. Before leaving the stream that he fell into after being startled, what does John Hammond do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Grant unable to contact the control room and advise them that the ship needs to be recalled just before the cars grind to a stop and are unable to move?

2. Describe why Arnold is somewhat impressed by the code that Nedry had programmed in to the computer system to disable the system while Nedry stole the embryos.

3. Explain why the computer only accounted for 238 dinosaurs on the island when there were, as proven through Malcolm's testing, more than 238 dinosaurs on the island.

4. Based on the behavior of the raptors on the beach, what does Grant realize about how the raptor colony is organized?

5. As Hammond wanders through the compound after leaving Malcolm's bedside, what does he plan to do with the next phase of his life?

6. While hiding from the Tyrannosaurus rex after fleeing the electric car, Ed Regis is visibly upset and feeling very guilty. Why does Ed feel guilty?

7. Since paleontologists had been digging up bones for years, what did Grant realize that he had forgotten as he was standing on the beach watching the raptors?

8. As Grant and the children are floating down the river, they come to the aviary and notice that it is not yet finished. Why do they decide to stop in the aviary anyway?

9. After the power is restored and the systems are reset, Grant comments that equilibrium is being restored to the island. How is true equilibrium being reached on the island?

10. How does Dr. Grant gain access to the secure areas of the visitor center once the power has been restored and all of the security doors are again locked?

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