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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 type of DNA did the scientists at the park use to fill in the gaps in the dinosaur DNA?
(a) Dog DNA.
(b) Frog DNA.
(c) Snake DNA.
(d) Elephant DNA.

2. What does Grant use to poison the raptors?
(a) A dead carcass.
(b) A tranquilizer gun.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A dinosaur egg.

3. As Harding and Sattler drive up to the compound, who comes out to meet them waving his arms?
(a) Hammond.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Grant.
(d) Muldoon.

4. What kind of insects with six-foot wingspans fly by the children as they leave the maintenance shed?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Dragonflies.
(c) Horse flies.
(d) Flying ants.

5. As Muldoon and Gennaro are tracking the T-rex, Arnold calls them over the radio. What does Arnold tell them?
(a) He's found Grant and the children.
(b) He's found Nedry.
(c) He's found the raptor nest.
(d) He's found the T-rex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is already on board one of the military helicopters sent to rescue the people from Isla Nublar?

3. What does Lex name the baby raptor that Grant captured in the tunnel?

4. What type of egg shell does Grant find in the park?

5. As Grant watches the behavior of the raptors, what does he suddenly realize the raptors are preparing to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role that an animal's temperament plays in how tranquilizers affect the beast, as alluded to by Muldoon when he and Gennaro were about to attempt to tranquilize the T-rex.

2. Why was Nedry upset by the storm as he fled the compound and headed to the east dock?

3. What does Grant's visitor reveal to him as the two men sit by the pool in San Juan discussing the reluctance of the Costa Rican government to permit the survivors to travel back to the United States?

4. When Arnold finally spots the T-rex and radios the dinosaur's position to Muldoon and Gennaro, why does Muldoon become irritated with Arnold?

5. How do Tim and Lex survive their encounter with the raptor in the lodge?

6. While dining with Dr. Wu as the storm rages on the island, what fear does John Hammond admit to?

7. Why does Ellie hope that Grant and the children are together in the park?

8. Why does the mention of Malcolm's name convince Arnold to shut down and reboot the entire computer system?

9. Why does finding the broken watch in the crumpled Land Cruiser give Muldoon hope that at least one of the children is still alive?

10. 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.

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