Jurassic Park Study Guide – Flashcards
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Why is Bob Morris asking questions about John Hammond?
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Because he works for the EPA and is worried about Hammond's suspicious purchases
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What has Hammond been stockpiling? What's he using it for?
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Amber. To get Dino DNA from mMosquitos' blood. Then Hammond's men could create Dino's.
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What is the island where the park is located called?
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Isla Nublar (cloud island)
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Name two reasons Nedry is willing to steal the dinosaur embryos.
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He's mad at the way he gets treated at Jurassic Park (no respect) & he wants the money he will get for the Dino embryos
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Why can Tim see the T-Rex when Grant can't?
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Because only Tim is wearing night vision goggles.
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Why does Hammond think helping humanity is a bad way to use technology?
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The government limits how much money you could make & it takes too long
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List two reasons that show Muldoon knows Tim is still alive.
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Muldoon sees Tim's fresh vomit, his cracked watch & the footprints
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Why doesn't the t-Rex attack Grant when Grant first gets close to it?
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The t-Rex is sleeping.
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Why does the t-Rex abandon the attack on the raft?
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The younger/juvenile t-Rex is taking its prey
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Why aren't the motion detectors finding Grant, Tim & Lex?
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They don't cover all of the park, only 92% of it.
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Why isn't the aviary on the tour?
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Because the dactyls are very territorial and will attack anyone who comes in.
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How does Lex escape the Dactyl?
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Grant gets on top of it & Lex throws her gloves at it.
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The t-Rex knows Grant, Tim & Lex are on the raft in the river. What unexpected thing does he do?
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He cuts them off at the waterfall.
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Muldoon wonders what the t-Rex is looking for as it looks through the trees. Muldoon thinks it's hunting other Dino's, but the reader knows it's really what?
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Hunting Grant, Tim & Lex.
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The t-Rex demonstrates problem-solving intelligence when it does what?
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He cuts Grant, Tim & Lex off at the waterfalls & they know how to open doors.
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What important thing (not the flashlight) does Grant discover in storage?
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The car
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Why does the t-Rex break off its attack on Tim & Lex?
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Muldoon had shot him with a tranquilizer & it finally started working.
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Just as Arnold thinks all of the systems are working as they should, what happens to the computer monitors and why?
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They shut down because they are running on back-up power.
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Malcolm scolds Hammond and scientists 'cause they do what?'
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Attain power without discipline, Hammond and his cronies aren't safe in how they've done everything.
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Everyone thinks the main building is impregnable (safe) until the raptors start doing what?
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Biting the steel bars on the roof
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What does Tim use to distract and trap a raptor?
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He puts steaks on the floor.
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How does Ellie escape the raptors?
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She runs away while they're eating Wu.
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Who distracts and kills several raptors? How?
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Grant, he puts some poison on the raptors eggs
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Do they call from the island for help? If so, who?
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Yes, they call the Costa Rican government for help.
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Who convinces the ship's captain to return to the island? How?
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Gennaro convinces the captain with his lawyer talk, he tells him that he's breaking the law.
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Aside from Hammond, who else does Grant hold responsible?
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Gennaro
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How do they find where all the raptors are?
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They put a tracking collar on a juvenile raptor and they Follow it to its nest.
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What is Hammond's reasoning for the failure of the park?
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He has bad employees
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What odd raptor behavior do the people notice in the nest?
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The raptors hear the boat and they all lineup like they're going to get on.
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What causes Hammond to fall?
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Tim & Lex put on a recorded roar, Hammond gets scared, glass & hurts his leg.
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Grant realizes the raptors are interested in something specific. What is it?
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Migration
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How does the government of Costa Rica treat the group?
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Like criminals
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Alan Grant
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Paleontologist; lives
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Ellie Sattler
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Paleobotanist; lives
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Ian Malcolm
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Mathematician; dies in the end
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Donald Gennaro
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Jurassic Park Lawyer; he lives
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Denis Nedry
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Computers expert; dies
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Ed Regis
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Head of Public Relations for Jurassic Park; dies
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John Arnold
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Chief Engineer; gets killed
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Robert Muldoon
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Park Warden; lives
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Henry Wu
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Chief Geneticist; dies
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Harding
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Park Veterinarian ; survives
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Hammond
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Mastermind behind whole idea & creation of Jurassic Park; he dies; owner of Jurassic Park
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Dodgson
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Was supposed to get the embryos from Nedry; survives
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Lex (Alexis) & Tim
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Hammond's grand kids ; they survive
