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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 kind of creature is Lex talking to when Grant wakes up in the maintenance shed?

2. Inside the dinosaur nursery, what does Tim use to try to distract the raptors that are chasing him?

3. Who finally reaches Sattler and Harding as they are following the compys using a walkie-talkie?

4. How many breeding sites does Grant figure are operating on the island?

5. As the Jeep that Muldoon is driving approaches the last known location of the electric cars, what do the men see lying by the side of the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Based on the behavior of the raptors on the beach, what does Grant realize about how the raptor colony is organized?

3. After a system reset, why do all of the individual modules have to be brought online manually?

4. After discovering the missing embryos, Dr. Wu runs a search and discovers something about the frog DNA that Dr. Grant had referred to. What did Wu discover?

5. While dining with Dr. Wu as the storm rages on the island, what fear does John Hammond admit to?

6. As John Hammond was lying in the creek that he had fallen into after being startled during his walk in the compound, what did he realize about his grandchildren?

7. Since paleontologists had been digging up bones for years, what did Grant realize that he had forgotten as he was standing on the beach watching the raptors?

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. Explain why the computer only accounted for 238 dinosaurs on the island when there were, as proven through Malcolm's testing, more than 238 dinosaurs on the island.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Donald Gennaro, John Arnold, Ed Regis, and Dennis Nedry.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss John Hammond's character at the beginning of the book, the man whose overriding goal is to bring the world of dinosaurs to the masses. What is his motivation? What drives him? Then, discuss the vengeful Hammond in the middle of the book, the man who will do anything to achieve final approval on his park. What is his motivation? What drives him? How do the events that happen between these two personalities change Hammond from the dreamer to the realist? Who is Hammond at the end of the book? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how the character of Donald Gennaro changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of Donald's character when he first meets John Hammond, when he meets with his boss before departing for the island, when he first sees the dinosaurs, and when he is flown off of the island. Use examples from the story to support your answer.

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