JURASSIC PARK

UNIT TEST

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PART I Character Identifications (5 points each)

Choose eight (8) characters from the list below and, for each, describe who he or she is, how he or she was important to the story, and whether he or she is alive at the end of the story.

Lex Murphy Dr. Harding Dennis Nedry

Dr. Ian Malcolm Tim Murphy John Arnold

Donald Gennaro Dr. Ellie Sattler Robert Muldoon

John Hammond Ed Regis Dr. Alan Grant

Dr. Marty Guitierrez Dr. Henry Wu

PART II Plot Interpretation (15 points each)

1. Two precautions were taken by the scientists who created the dinosaurs to prevent the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park from being able to exist outside of the park. What were these precautions, and what evidence is there in the story that these precautions were failures?

2. Tyrannosaurus Rex, dilophosaurus, velociraptors, and procompsognathids are

four very dangerous species that were cloned in a laboratory for Jurassic Park. What trait do these four have in common, and what trait does each have that makes it so dangerous?

3. Describe, in simple everyday language, how the dinosaurs were cloned in the laboratory for Jurassic Park.

4. If you look at the list of characters above and determine which of those characters were dead at the end of the book, you will see that there is a pattern or reason for those deaths. What pattern seems to be emerging regarding those deaths, and what message do you think Michael Crichton (the author) is conveying?