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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 is the name of InGen's main competitor?

2. When Hammond is carrying the elephant around trying to raise money, what kind of company is Hammond trying to start?

3. As the tour progresses, what glitch does Arnold see with the electric vehicles?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is Ian Malcolm's area of specialization and how does this area apply to Safari Island?

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

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

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

7. Tina's parents had a hard time dismissing Dr. Guitierrez's conclusions because his description of the basilisk lizard didn't match with what Tina said she observed. What happens in the hospital as Tina is preparing to leave to prove just how observant she actually is?

8. 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?

9. Identify three glitches that Nedry still has to fix in the computer system.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Alan Grant with Donald Gennaro.

a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?

b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?

c. Both of these characters ultimately survive the ordeal on the Costa Rican island. Was each character's survival a result of their own doing or a result of dumb luck? Support your reasoning.

d. Looking forward, how might this ordeal have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how the character of Donald Gennaro changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Donald's character when he first meets John Hammond, when he meets with his boss before departing for the island, when he first sees the dinosaurs, and when he is flown off of the island. Use examples from the story to support your answer.

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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