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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While on the dig site, how do Grant and his team measure the passing of time?

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

3. Who is in charge of creating and controlling the dinosaurs?

4. What is the name of the family on vacation in the jungles of Costa Rica?

5. Why does the ship that is unloading supplies at the dock request an early departure from the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Dr. Wu, why did the scientists create so many procompsognathus?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Ian Malcolm and John Hammond.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role that chaos theory plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by this theory, both positively and negatively?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the illusion of control that the park's staff has on the island. Use examples from the book to show why the staff feels they are in control. Then, use a different example from the book to show how the staff is truly not in control. How is the illusion of control beneficial, if at all? How is the illusion of control detrimental, if at all? Support all of your answers with examples.

Essay Topic 3

After arriving on Isla Nublar, both Dr. Sattler and Mr. Gennaro see the dinosaurs for the first time. Describe the reaction of each of these characters upon seeing the dinosaurs. Then, compare and contrast these two characters using their reaction to seeing the dinosaurs as the starting point for a larger discussion about how these two are different.

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