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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. 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. Anderson Wallace.
(b) Dr. Michael Warner.
(c) Dr. Craig Venter.
(d) Dr. James Sparks.

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) MPR-123.
(b) ARC-247.
(c) JPK-234.
(d) ARG-234.

3. Where does the narrator say Karl Selig and his team had set out to sea five weeks ago in the novel’s Prologue?
(a) New Delhi, India.
(b) Jakarta, Indonesia.
(c) Cape Town, South Africa.
(d) New York, New York.

4. Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22 that the human race is about 200,000 years old, but that “we’ve only been so-called behaviorally modern humans” for how many years?
(a) 16,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 4,000.

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) Ben Adelson.
(b) Steve Cooper.
(c) Josh Cohen.
(d) David Vale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two words are written in magic marker on the t-shirt that Cole believed to be a bomb in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 38?

3. The mini-yacht that Harto has received from David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39 is said to be capable of holding how many people above deck?

4. The narrator in the Prologue says that when Karl’s team had set out to sea, Naomi had brought aboard “two changes of clothes, three romance novels, and” what kind of liquor?

5. The wire release that opens Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 27 is from what news organization?

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