1. Where is the Autism Research Center that is described as the setting of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?
(a) New Delhi, India.
(b) Jakarta, Indonesia.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Cape Town, South Africa.

2. Dr. Kate Warner’s lab assistant tells her in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1 that she’s going to work herself to death. He describes Dr. Warner’s secrecy, hoarding of notes, and refusal to talk to anyone about what?
(a) ARC-247.
(b) JPK-234.
(c) ARG-234.
(d) MPR-123.

3. When the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica, they claimed part of the continent as a new German province named what, according to the narrator in the Prologue?
(a) Neuschwabenland.
(b) Baden-Württemberg.
(c) North Rhine-Westphalia.
(d) Mecklenburg.

4. What is the name of the eight-year-old autistic child that has just completed the puzzle Dr. Warner’s team has designed to identify savants in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 3?
(a) Surya.
(b) Milo.
(c) Adi.
(d) Uri.

5. 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”?
(a) David Vale.
(b) Josh Cohen.
(c) Ben Adelson.
(d) Steve Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man introduced by the narrator in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 2, who is watching the man who buys a New York Times at the newsstand?

2. Where does the narrator say Karl Selig and his team had set out to sea five weeks ago in the novel’s Prologue?

3. What is the name of Dr. Kate Warner’s lab assistant that brings her coffee in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the research vessel that is described in the opening of the Prologue?

5. In what year did Indonesia declare independence from the Netherlands?

(see the answer key)

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