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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 does Grant notice exists in the real tourist compound that was absent on the architectural drawings that Grant received from Hammond?

2. What is the name of Gennaro's wife?

3. What is the Cowan, Swain, and Ross attorney's mission when he accompanies Grant to the Costa Rican island?

4. What is the name of the midwife who finds the gruesome body of a newborn baby attacked by lizards in Costa Rica?

5. As Gennaro and Hammond are flying en route to pick up Grant and Sattler, how many kinds of animals does Hammond reveal are actually on the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. The scientists at the dig site lived in tipis. Why?

2. The feeling at Cowan, Swain, and Ross is that John Hammond can no longer be trusted. Why?

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

4. What comprised the bulk of the work undertaken by the Tropical Diseases Laboratory?

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

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

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

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

9. Why do the board members at InGen's corporate rival engage in a corporate espionage plot?

10. What view does Muldoon hold that often puts him at odds with the Jurassic Park owners?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The arrival of helicopters in the story signal significant plot developments.

a. Identify the four times that helicopters are used in the story.

b. Describe the situation surrounding the helicopter's arrival as well as who is on the helicopter.

c. Examine how the plot develops with each helicopter's arrival. Support your answer with examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Donald Gennaro, John Arnold, Ed Regis, and Dennis Nedry.

Essay Topic 3

John Hammond likens Jurassic Park to a combination zoo and amusement park.

a. Compare and contrast a real-world zoo with Jurassic Park. How are they similar? How are they different?

b. Compare and contrast a real-world amusement park with Jurassic Park. How are they similar? How are they different?

c. How does the author use common, real-world places to enhance the believability of Jurassic Park? Provide examples from the story to support your answer.

d. Is the author successful in creating a believable park? Why or why not? Be sure to support your answer.

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