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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The wire release that opens Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 43 is from what news organization?
(a) BBC World Report.
(b) CNN News.
(c) The Associated Press.
(d) Al Jazeera.

2. Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 21 opens in what location?
(a) Manggarai Train Station.
(b) The Main Situation Room at Clocktower Station Headquarters.
(c) The Clocktower Safe House.
(d) Immari Corp. Research Complex.

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

4. Martin Grey tells Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45 that what he knows of the structure under the submarine is that it’s very old. “At least as old as the ruins” where?
(a) “In Egypt.”
(b) “In Nevada.”
(c) “In Gibraltar.”
(d) “In Mexico.”

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) In an encrypted painting.
(d) His bank account deposits.

6. 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) Cryogenetics.
(c) Synergetics.
(d) Culigenetics.

7. In what year did Indonesia declare independence from the Netherlands?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1945.

8. What is the island that is described 96 miles off the coast of Antarctica in the opening of Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45?
(a) Ice Island.
(b) Snow Island.
(c) Wonder Island.
(d) Dutch Island.

9. What is the river that David Vale is found floating in, in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 26?
(a) The Pesaggrahan River.
(b) The Betwa River.
(c) The Ganges River.
(d) The Ramganga River.

10. In the letter that David Vale has left to Josh Cohen to read upon his death in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25, he tells Josh to forward whatever he’s found to whom?
(a) Howard Keegan.
(b) Eddi Kusnadi.
(c) Ben Adelson.
(d) Steve Cooper.

11. The research vessel described in the opening of the Prologue is said to be how many miles off the coast of Antarctica?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 88 miles.
(c) 45 miles.
(d) 62 miles.

12. Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 2 is set at what location?
(a) Immari Jakarta Headquarters.
(b) Immari Corp. Research Complex.
(c) The Clocktower Safe House.
(d) Manggarai Train Station.

13. Where is the present-day site of Lake Toba and the supposed Toba super-eruption?
(a) Cape Town, South Africa.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Sumatra, Indonesia.
(d) Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula.

14. According to the narrator in the Prologue, Antarctica holds what percentage of the world’s ice?
(a) 90%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 60%.

15. According to the Toba Catastrophe Theory, the Toba super-eruption occurred sometime between 69,000 and how many years ago?
(a) 77,000.
(b) 71,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 125,000.

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. 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?

3. What is Naomi drinking in the beginning of Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 47?

4. What name is on the ID badge that Kate wears along with a white coat found in the locker at the train station in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 51?

5. How do David and Kate enter the bomb shelter in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 44?

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