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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. What area of the park is not under constant monitoring from the control room?

2. According to Tina's description, what do the noises the lizard makes remind Tina of?

3. Who is the head of the Tropical Diseases Laboratory that Dr. Guitierrez sends the lizard carcass to?

4. Where does the gruesome attack by lizards on a newborn baby take place?

5. As the group watches the one raptor they can see in the pen, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. According to Malcolm, what is the difference between physics and chaos theory? Give examples for each.

4. Describe the item given to the unidentified man from InGen at the meeting to plan the theft of the embryos.

5. Why does Dr. Carter not believe Ed Regis' explanation of how the injured man helicoptered to the clinic was hurt?

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

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

8. What is the final reminder to Gennaro from his boss regarding the purpose of Gennaro's trip to Costa Rica? Why does this reminder make Gennaro uncomfortable?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jurassic Park has been designed with many safeguards in place so that the park's staff and visitors will be safe while experiencing the wonders of Jurassic Park.

a. Identify three safety features that the developers of the park have implemented to ensure the safety for those at the park.

b. How are your identified safety features circumvented in the story?

c. What other safety methods might have been utilized in order to prevent the chaos that ensued on the island?

d. Could anything have prevented the chaos that resulted from Nedry's tampering? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss John Hammond's character at the beginning of the book, the man whose overriding goal is to bring the world of dinosaurs to the masses. What is his motivation? What drives him? Then, discuss the vengeful Hammond in the middle of the book, the man who will do anything to achieve final approval on his park. What is his motivation? What drives him? How do the events that happen between these two personalities change Hammond from the dreamer to the realist? Who is Hammond at the end of the book? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Identify four of the members of the group invited by Hammond to preview Jurassic Park. Then, compare and contrast the backgrounds, experiences, and opinions of the four group members you identified. Was each member of the group necessary in order for Hammond's island to pass inspection? Why or why not? Was any member of the group expendable? Why or why not?

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