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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. When the animals on the island are finally identified, what are the animals identified as?
2. What do Grant and his team affectionately call the CAST program they use to locate fossils underground?
3. What does Tina do when she notices the lizard on the Costa Rican beach?
4. What is the name of InGen's main competitor?
5. How long has the park's geneticist been working on the dinosaur creations?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the group reassembles in the visitor building in order to begin their tour, Malcolm upsets Hammond. What does Malcolm do?
2. What about the graph of the procompsognathida population worries Malcolm?
3. Why do the board members at InGen's corporate rival engage in a corporate espionage plot?
4. Hammond tries to defend Jurassic Park by saying it's like a zoo. How does Malcolm respond to Hammond's defense of the park?
5. Describe the "little" Tyrannosaurus rex that is in the T-Rex enclosure.
6. Why was Dr. Grant concerned about protecting the partially exposed fossil before he departed for Costa Rica?
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. According to the essay in the book's introduction, what is the purpose of genetic engineering research?
9. What view does Muldoon hold that often puts him at odds with the Jurassic Park owners?
10. Describe the item given to the unidentified man from InGen at the meeting to plan the theft of the embryos.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the group of people trying to regain control of the island with the group of raptors on the island. Compare these two groups in terms of overall number, intelligence, ability to plan, and success achieved. How are they similar? How are they different? Did the group of people actually outsmart the raptors? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the story.
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
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.
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