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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapters 69-96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young boy that crashes into Helena’s pregnant stomach in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 90?
(a) Rutger.
(b) Dieter.
(c) Adi.
(d) Peter.

2. What writing on the submarine does Karl Selig make out as the iceberg crumbles in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) U-977 SS Kreigsmarine.
(b) UB-115 SS Kaiserliche Marine.
(c) SM U-101 SS Handelskrieg.
(d) U-1062 SS Germaniawerft.

3. Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 49 that Autism Spectrum Disorders have increased in America in the past 20 years by how much?
(a) 500%.
(b) 200%.
(c) 150%.
(d) 300%.

4. Dr. Chang tells Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 50, “The first human genome was sequenced in the 90s, and the draft sequence was published in February of 2001.” Who was the first to sequence the human genome and the first to create the first cell with a synthetic genome?
(a) Dr. Craig Venter.
(b) Dr. Anderson Wallace.
(c) Dr. James Sparks.
(d) Dr. Michael Warner.

5. Where does David discover the hidden code sent to him from Josh Cohen in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42?
(a) In his email box.
(b) In a coded message in the New York Times obituaries.
(c) His bank account deposits.
(d) In an encrypted painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. The iceberg that has broken off from Antarctica is described in the Prologue as having a surface area covering how much space?

2. According to the narrator in the novel’s Prologue, the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica in what years?

3. In the Prologue, Karl Selig watches as an iceberg crumbles. Who is Karl’s grad school friend that he calls to “come check this out”?

4. When Robert Hunt radios to “Bounty” in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48, he relates that they have reached what depth?

5. What is the setting described in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 23?

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