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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. What did Kenner offer Sarah?

2. What sound did the group hear from the jungle below them?

3. What did Sarah notice about Evans?

4. What is Sarah bad at?

5. What did the two use to dry off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kenner believe that there must be a way out?

2. What did the studies on scientific bias find?

3. What was said by the Russian-accented fellow that caught Sarah's attention?

4. What is the purpose of Hoffman's research?

5. Why was Ted Bradley turned on by Jennifer Haynes?

6. Why did Ted believe that all people should live in villages?

7. What signs showed the park ranger that there was a danger of a flash flood?

8. What are burns?

9. What happened in the fall of 1989?

10. Why does Drake hate the cause he fights for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take a stand on global warming. What do you believe? How could global warming be a threat to the planet? How could it bring a net benefit? Do you think it is all apart of a fear generated to keep humanity docile? Why or why not? Is there anything wrong with that statement? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Research at least three reference points made in the novel. Quote which page and the reference that it makes, with relevance to the story. Read the initial document from which the information came, and cite at least two interesting points made in the initial document.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the lack of romance in this novel. What do you think is the most likely reason that Crichton doesn't use romance in the novel? How do you think romance is portrayed by the author? How does Evans seem to be when he admits his love for Sarah? Why do you think she doesn't want to reciprocate?

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