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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of his speech in August, how old is Malcolm?
(a) 29 years old.
(b) 36 years old.
(c) 40 years old.
(d) 53 years old.

2. What does Malcolm insist is just a technomyth?
(a) Biosyn's espionage.
(b) Costa Rican aberrant animals.
(c) Conspiracies.
(d) InGen's dinosaurs.

3. What does InGen do when the company learns of John Hammond's death?
(a) Fire Gennaro's law firm.
(b) Cease and desist.
(c) Hire a new administrator.
(d) File for Chapter 11.

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) 1993.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1987.

5. 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 Public Health Department.
(c) The Costa Rican Army.
(d) The InGen Cover Team.

6. When Malcolm learns of the photographer's deeds, what is he relieved that he hasn't highlighted on his wall map yet?
(a) Rojas.
(b) The Costa Rican mainland.
(c) The Costa Rican soybean farm.
(d) The Costa Rican islands.

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

8. What does the "K" in K-T boundary stand for?
(a) Complex.
(b) Curier.
(c) Kelvin.
(d) Cretaceous.

9. Who first set forth the theory of evolution?
(a) Luis Cuvier.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) George Cuvier.

10. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?
(a) Photograph it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Study it.
(d) Dismember it.

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

12. Who does Malcolm contact to study the sample from the carcass he receives from Levine?
(a) Ed James.
(b) Sarah Harding.
(c) Elizabeth Gelman.
(d) George Baselton.

13. 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 unusually high number of missing children.
(b) An unusually high number of missing pets.
(c) An unusual strain of encephalitis.
(d) An unusual strain of cancer.

14. Where is the concept of a technomyth developed?
(a) At Duke.
(b) At Harvard.
(c) At Princeton.
(d) At Berkeley.

15. According to Malcolm's speech, what percentage of animals that have ever lived are now extinct?
(a) 97.6%.
(b) 87.3%.
(c) 54.8%.
(d) 99.9%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the man hired by Biosyn to help the company clean up its image?

3. What time is it in Africa when Thorne places a phone call to the other person who will be accompanying him and Malcolm on the trip to Costa Rica?

4. Who does Levine eavesdrop on while waiting for his plan in the San Jose airport?

5. At Levine's apartment, an entire wall has been dedicated to Levine's search for what?

(see the answer keys)

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