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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. How long has the park's geneticist been working on the dinosaur creations?

3. How does the researcher obtain the carcass of the lizard on the beach where Tina was attacked?

4. Years before the story takes place, Malcolm worked as a consultant. Whom did Malcolm consult for?

5. How much funding for Grant's dig is received from the Hammond Foundation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dennis Nedry wears different masks in the story. Both a great computer programmer and the mastermind behind the theft of the frozen embryos, Nedry is a study in contradictions. Identify, then compare and contrast the different sides of Nedry. How would his master plan for the theft have been affected had he not employed his expert computer programmer identity? Why is it necessary for Nedry to wear different masks?

Essay Topic 2

The book is entitled, "Jurassic Park." Why did the author choose this title? How does the title foreshadow the creatures used in the novel, the events that unfold on the island, and the choice of Alan Grant as one of the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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