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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Dr. Kate Warner been taken in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 28?
(a) The Main Situation Room at Clocktower Station Headquarters.
(b) Immari Jakarta Headquarters.
(c) The Clocktower Safe House.
(d) Manggarai Train Station.

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

3. How many people comprise the Indonesian National Police marine unit, as described in the news release in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 43?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 12,000.

4. 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) 150%.
(b) 500%.
(c) 300%.
(d) 200%.

5. In Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1, Dr. Kate Warner finds a photograph among her things. It is the only photograph Kate has of her childhood home where?
(a) West Berlin.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

6. The wire release that opens Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 27 is from what news organization?
(a) Al Jazeera.
(b) Toba Protocol.
(c) BBC World Report.
(d) The Associated Press.

7. What does Martin Grey say he believes the metallic object below the submarine is in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 41?
(a) An underground prison.
(b) A hidden treasure chest.
(c) An ancient cathedral.
(d) An alien spaceship.

8. 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) New York, New York.
(d) Cape Town, South Africa.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $200,000.

12. The astronaut’s suit that Martin Grey wears in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45 was purchased hastily from what organization a week ago?
(a) The Russian Space Agency.
(b) The Indian Space Agency.
(c) The Chinese Space Agency.
(d) The U.S. Space Agency.

13. 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?
(a) Dmitry Kozlov.
(b) Conner Anderson.
(c) David Vale.
(d) Adam Lynch.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writing on the submarine does Karl Selig make out as the iceberg crumbles in the Prologue of the novel?

2. 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?

3. Who is the Police Inspector General who is quoted in the news release in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 43 as saying, “We know Dr. Warner’s clinic was the legal guardian of over 100 Indonesian children who were taken without their parents’ consent”?

4. 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?

5. How much is the contract that Robert Hunt has agreed to going to pay him for two months of drilling, according to the author in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48?

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