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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the person walking with Malcolm across the open courtyard after the lecture ends?
(a) History.
(b) Biology.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Palentology.

2. Of the majority of animals that are now extinct, what percentage of those animals are accounted for due to mass killings?
(a) 15%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 52%.
(d) 25%.

3. What two behaviors are of particular interest to the study of evolution?
(a) Adaptation and structure.
(b) Adaptation and balance.
(c) Extinction and adaptation.
(d) Balance and structure.

4. According to the story, in what year does Ian Malcolm give a speech in which he states that complex animals die out because of their behavior?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1987.
(d) 2003.

5. Where does the person who interrupted Malcolm's lecture with his theory think the object of his theory might be located?
(a) In Brazil.
(b) In Costa Rica.
(c) In Africa.
(d) In Egypt.

6. When Kelly goes into Thorne's office to say goodbye, who does she learn will be accompanying Malcolm and Thorne on the trip to Costa Rica?
(a) Beverly Ranson.
(b) Sarah Harding.
(c) Lewis Dodgson.
(d) Ed James.

7. Levine is upset to realize that someone has been to view the carcass before he arrives. Who beats Levine there?
(a) The Biosyn Security Team.
(b) The Costa Rican Army.
(c) The InGen Cover Team.
(d) The Public Health Department.

8. What is the name of the man from Biosyn who is searching for the strange animals?
(a) Dennis Nedry.
(b) Marty Guitierrez.
(c) George Baselton.
(d) Lewis Dodgson.

9. What is another name for chaos theory?
(a) Linear dynamics.
(b) Extinction sciences.
(c) Nonlinear sequences.
(d) Nonlinear dynamics.

10. According to Malcolm, why are humans so interested in the decline of the dinosaur?
(a) It foreshadows human destruction.
(b) It may be preventable for humans.
(c) It allowed humans to flourish.
(d) It is unexplored territory.

11. According to Malcolm's speech, how many species of plants and animals are currently on the planet?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 70 million.
(c) 50 million.
(d) 30 million.

12. Where are high levels of iridium typically found?
(a) Moon rock.
(b) Soil.
(c) Desert.
(d) Meteors.

13. In what year is extinction first demonstrated?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1867.

14. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, what does the Costa Rican government suspect the aberrant animals are the cause of?
(a) An unusual strain of encephalitis.
(b) An unusually high number of missing children.
(c) An unusual strain of cancer.
(d) An unusually high number of missing pets.

15. At Levine's apartment, an entire wall has been dedicated to Levine's search for what?
(a) Biosyn's spy.
(b) Animal X.
(c) Aberrant creatures.
(d) Site B.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?

2. What is Malcolm known for amongst his peers?

3. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?

4. What is the name of the man who discovers high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary?

5. What is the name of Thorne's foreman?

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