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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. According to Malcolm's assessment of the island population, about how many dinosaur species are present on the island?

2. According to Dodgson, how many hours do they have to collect the dinosaur eggs?

3. After one of the dinosaurs recovers the baby inside the trailer, what do the dinosaurs do?

4. As Levine's party stands together in the high hide, what does Levine drop carelessly to the ground?

5. In the trailer, whose computer system has Arby managed to hack into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Levine insist that the tyrannosaurus rex that chases them is not truly a danger to them?

2. After the raptors roll the cage away, what does Kelly tell the others about the lone raptor that went off on its own?

3. When Levine is alone in the high hide after the others have gone back to the trailer to await Harding's arrival, what does Levine do that he never intended to do, and why does he think Malcolm will be upset with him?

4. While King has risen up through the ranks of the corporate spies, what has he struggled to do since joining Biosyn?

5. How is the dinosaur kill site that Harding sees different from anything she has seen before in Africa?

6. Why does Malcolm wait behind in the trailer while Harding races to the high hide to rescue the others?

7. After Dodgson is carried off by the adult tyrannosaur, the dinosaur does not kill and eat Dodgson. Why?

8. While everyone is tending to the baby dinosaur, Levine calls in and asks to speak to Thorne privately. What does Levine tell Thorne?

9. The man who is out searching for gas begins to ponder why the raptors are not following them any longer. What is his theory?

10. Why does Malcolm discount Darwin's natural selection theory?

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: Ed James, Doc Thorne, Lewis Dodgson, and Sarah Harding.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the overriding beliefs the following characters had before they went to Isla Sorna and how those beliefs were changed by the events that transpired on the island: Levine, Harding, Malcolm, and Thorne.

Essay Topic 3

Both Dodgson and Levine arrive on Isla Sorna specifically because of their need to find the dinosaurs.

a. Compare and contrast the motivations of Dodgson and Levine.

b. How do their differing motivations impact their view of the dinosaurs, their interactions with the jungle environment, and their ability to think on their feet as the situation becomes more fluid and more deadly?

c. How are their relationships to the people they are on the island with dictated by each man's overriding goals?

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