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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which island off the Costa Rican coast is leased to a German mining company?
(a) Isla Nublar.
(b) Isla Talamanca.
(c) Isla Sorna.
(d) Isla Rica.

2. According to the person who first notified Levine of the carcass, where have numerous other carcasses been turning up in Costa Rica?
(a) Near a soybean farm.
(b) Near a mining facility.
(c) Near the town dump.
(d) Near a small village.

3. According to Malcolm, what are complex animals able to insulate themselves against?
(a) Miniscule changes.
(b) Environmental changes.
(c) Catastrophic changes.
(d) Behavioral changes.

4. 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.

5. What is Ian Malcolm's profession?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Scientologist.
(c) Astrophysicist.
(d) Paleobiologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the animal carcass that Levine studies on the Costa Rican beach?

2. What does Malcolm consider the last 50,000 years to be in geological terms?

3. People claiming to be press photographers entered and photographed Malcolm's office. What journal do the photographers claim to be from?

4. When is the infamous trip to Costa Rica actually made by Malcolm and the others for InGen?

5. When the second helicopter arrives on the Costa Rican beach, what do the second helicopter's occupants do to the carcass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify and describe the theory supported by the high levels of iridium at the K-T boundary.

2. The head of Biosyn dislikes Dodgson, but likes having him around. Why?

3. According to the Biosyn spy, why is Levine teaching a class at Woodside Junior High?

4. What two events occur in the 1970s that cause scientists to focus their attention on extinction?

5. Why does Levine hire Kelly and Arby to run errands for him?

6. How does Malcolm handle the newscasts that report Malcolm's death in Costa Rica?

7. Why is Jack Thorne, who was once a Stanford professor, much happier away from academia?

8. In the 1970s, why could no one answer questions regarding the fragility of the earth's ecosystem?

9. A statue of a raptor is outside the biology department at the university where Malcolm works. Why does Malcolm think the statue of the velociraptor is insulting to the raptor?

10. Why does the tissue sample that Malcolm sends to his contact at the zoo for analysis cause a stir at the zoo?

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