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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 unusually high number of missing pets.
(d) An unusual strain of cancer.

2. What is the title of the speech Malcolm is giving regarding extinction and complexity theory?
(a) Extinction and Life.
(b) The Complexity of Life.
(c) Behavioral Theories in the Cretaceous Period.
(d) Life at the Edge of Chaos.

3. What does the back trailer house?
(a) A storage unit.
(b) A sleeping area.
(c) Laboratory equipment.
(d) A shower.

4. According to Malcolm, animals living and dying against a very active background of our planet accounts for what percentage of extinction?
(a) 97%.
(b) 84%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 90%.

5. What is the name of the person who stands and interrupts Malcolm's lecture?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Richard Levine.
(c) Alan Grant.
(d) Sarah Harding.

6. What is the name of the man who discovers high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) George Cuvier.
(d) Luis Cuvier.

7. Who does Levine eavesdrop on while waiting for his plan in the San Jose airport?
(a) The helicopter pilot.
(b) The military attache.
(c) The InGen spy.
(d) The Biosyn executive.

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

9. Why can no one present discuss the events that transpired on InGen's Costa Rican island?
(a) No one wanted to relive the past.
(b) Only Malcolm survived.
(c) They signed non-disclosure agreements.
(d) InGen used anmesia drugs.

10. In the 1840s, who calls the giant fossils that he finds "Dinosauria"?
(a) John Ostrom.
(b) Edward James.
(c) Richard Owen.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

11. How much of Biosyn's money has Dodgson lost in his corporate espionage attempts?
(a) $1.75 million.
(b) $2.5 million.
(c) $3.75 million.
(d) $1.25 million.

12. What do complexity theorists term the behavior that is common to all complex systems?
(a) Didactic.
(b) Self-defeating.
(c) Self-organizing.
(d) Supportive iterations.

13. After overhearing the telephone conversation in the San Jose airport, who does Levine immediately call?
(a) George Baselton.
(b) Sarah Harding.
(c) Doc Thorne.
(d) Ian Malcolm.

14. Where is the helicopter flying in order for Levine to view the carcass?
(a) Isla Nublar.
(b) Ricas.
(c) Panama.
(d) Rojas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Levine is interested in the islands off the Costa Rican coast. Which island houses a Club Med resort?

2. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?

3. While other species in the animal kingdom fight for food, what do humans - in Malcolm's opinion - fight for?

4. What have the windows and walls of the research trailer been reinforced with?

5. Who is the head of Biosyn?

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