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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. According to Tina's description, what do the noises the lizard makes remind Tina of?
2. According to the findings at the Tropical Diseases Laboratory, what is the lizard's blood mildly reactive to?
3. What is the name of the midwife who finds the gruesome body of a newborn baby attacked by lizards in Costa Rica?
4. What is the name of Gennaro's wife?
5. Why does the ship that is unloading supplies at the dock request an early departure from the island?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. When the group reassembles in the visitor building in order to begin their tour, Malcolm upsets Hammond. What does Malcolm do?
4. Describe the item given to the unidentified man from InGen at the meeting to plan the theft of the embryos.
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. Why does Arnold believe the computer system is completely secure?
8. What about the graph of the procompsognathida population worries Malcolm?
9. Why does the report received from Dr. Stone's team initially allay Dr. Guitierrez's fears about the lizard?
10. Why are the dinosaurs supposedly reliant on the food supplied to them by the Jurassic Park scientists? Why is this an important safety measure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Ian Malcolm and John Hammond.
a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?
b. Compare the role that chaos theory plays in each of their lives. How is each character affected by this theory, both positively and negatively?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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