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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapters 40-68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Naomi drinking in the beginning of Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 47?
(a) Scotch and soda.
(b) A gimlet.
(c) A martini.
(d) A Coca Cola.

2. What is the name of the research vessel that is described in the opening of the Prologue?
(a) Captain.
(b) Icefall.
(c) Snowcap.
(d) Exposure.

3. According to the narrator in the novel’s Prologue, the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica in what years?
(a) 1940 and 1941.
(b) 1942 and 1943.
(c) 1941 and 1942.
(d) 1938 and 1939.

4. What term from the novel refers to the study of mitotically or meiotically heritable changes in gene expression or cellular phenotype, caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence?
(a) Epigenetics.
(b) Culigenetics.
(c) Synergetics.
(d) Cryogenetics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 38, the narrator says that Cole had almost saved enough to open a Jiffy Lube. How much had Cole saved?

2. Who is the spokesperson for Immari Jakarta that is quoted in the news release in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 43?

3. After reading David Vale’s letter in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25, Josh Cohen fulfills the orders asking Josh to distribute funds to various bank accounts. Josh watches as five transactions take place of what sum of money each?

4. How old is Dorian Sloane said to be in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45?

5. Where is the present-day site of Lake Toba and the supposed Toba super-eruption?

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