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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much funding for Grant's dig is received from the Hammond Foundation?
(a) $50,000 per year for three years.
(b) $30,000 per year for five years.
(c) $20,000 per year for four years.
(d) $40,000 per year for two years.

2. How many lizards were involved in the gruesome attack on the newborn baby?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. What is the name of the lawyer assigned to the Hammond file at Cowan, Swain, and Ross?
(a) Ian Malcolm.
(b) Bob Morris.
(c) Daniel Ross.
(d) Donald Gennaro.

4. As Alan is getting ready to leave the dig site, what type of fossil is he worried about protecting until his return?
(a) A stegosaurus.
(b) A Tyrannosaurus rex.
(c) A triceratops.
(d) A velociraptor.

5. How does the research doctor explain the symptoms that Tina experienced after being bitten by the lizard?
(a) As a tropical disease.
(b) As an allergic reaction.
(c) As a poisonous bite.
(d) As sunstroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family on vacation in the jungles of Costa Rica?

2. What is the name of the midwife who finds the gruesome body of a newborn baby attacked by lizards in Costa Rica?

3. What is the name of Tina's doctor in Puntarenas?

4. What do Grant and his team affectionately call the CAST program they use to locate fossils underground?

5. What university is Dr. Grant affiliated with?

(see the answer key)

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