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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. .Why does the first tranquilizer that Muldoon shoots at the T-rex miss its intended mark?
(a) The gun is calibrated for Arnold's touch.
(b) The battery is dead in the laser sights.
(c) The T-rex lunges at the exact moment Muldoon fires.
(d) Muldoon's hand is shaking.

2. As Harding and Sattler drive up to the compound, who comes out to meet them waving his arms?
(a) Grant.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Muldoon.
(d) Hammond.

3. As the raft Grant and the children are floating on continues down the river, they encounter two dilophosaurs at the river's edge and are reluctant to disturb them. What are the two dilophosaurs doing?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Mating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

4. What type of DNA did the scientists at the park use to fill in the gaps in the dinosaur DNA?
(a) Elephant DNA.
(b) Dog DNA.
(c) Snake DNA.
(d) Frog DNA.

5. According to the veterinarian, where is the real power of most big carnivores located?
(a) In the jaw muscles.
(b) In the neck muscles.
(c) In the hind legs.
(d) In the front arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the raptors trying to gain access into the lodge in order to kill the people inside?

2. After shooting the T-rex with the tranquilizer, what does the T-rex do?

3. When Tim regains consciousness after the electric car he was riding in was attacked by the Tyrannosaurus rex, where is he?

4. What does Grant use to poison the raptors?

5. After escaping from the aviary, Grant and the children continue to float down the river but realize they are being stalked by an animal following them along the river's edge just behind the trees. What is stalking the trio?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the power is restored and the systems are reset, Grant comments that equilibrium is being restored to the island. How is true equilibrium being reached on the island?

2. While hiding from the Tyrannosaurus rex after fleeing the electric car, Ed Regis is visibly upset and feeling very guilty. Why does Ed feel guilty?

3. How do Tim and Lex survive their encounter with the raptor in the lodge?

4. Nedry modifies the computer program in order to hide the theft of the embryos and buy enough time for him to meet the boat at the east dock. What exactly does Nedry program the computer to do?

5. When Grant finds Gennaro in the truck at the generator's maintenance building, Gennaro is relieved to see him and relieved that the compys that had been surrounding the truck left when Grant approached. Grant is not surprised the compys didn't attack Gennaro. Why?

6. Describe the role that an animal's temperament plays in how tranquilizers affect the beast, as alluded to by Muldoon when he and Gennaro were about to attempt to tranquilize the T-rex.

7. Why does finding the broken watch in the crumpled Land Cruiser give Muldoon hope that at least one of the children is still alive?

8. Based on his prior experience in Africa, what does Muldoon expect to see as a result of the Tyrannosaurus rex's attack on the electric cars?

9. Why does Ellie hope that Grant and the children are together in the park?

10. Describe why Arnold is somewhat impressed by the code that Nedry had programmed in to the computer system to disable the system while Nedry stole the embryos.

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