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

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

2. How many humans does the doctor at the Tibetan Immari facility say they have available as subjects when speaking to Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 47?
(a) 125.
(b) 119.
(c) 210.
(d) 59.

3. What is the name of Dr. Kate Warner’s adoptive father who encouraged her to go abroad to continue her research?
(a) David Vale.
(b) Steve Cooper.
(c) Martin Grey.
(d) Howard Keegan.

4. Who is the West Jakarta Police Chief that walks into the crime scene at the Autism Research Center in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 5?
(a) Eddi Kusnadi.
(b) Vincent Tarea.
(c) Nakula Pang.
(d) Adam Lynch.

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

6. The study that Dr. Kate Warner is heading in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1 is described as having roughly how many autistic children in residence?
(a) 100.
(b) 150.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

7. What is the Drill Site number at Snow Camp Alpha that is described as the setting of Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48?
(a) Drill Site #4.
(b) Drill Site #7.
(c) Drill Site #3.
(d) Drill Site #6.

8. Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 8 opens with a wire release from what news organization?
(a) Toba Protocol.
(b) BBC World Report.
(c) The Associated Press.
(d) Al Jazeera.

9. 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?
(a) Steve Cooper.
(b) Vincent Tarea.
(c) Howard Keegan.
(d) Ben Adelson.

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

11. 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) Paris.
(b) West Berlin.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) London.

12. 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. James Sparks.
(c) Dr. Craig Venter.
(d) Dr. Michael Warner.

13. How much of the population does Martin Grey say lives within a hundred miles of the coast in today’s world, in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 30?
(a) Almost one third.
(b) Almost half.
(c) Less than one fifth.
(d) More than three fourths.

14. 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) 50,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 16,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Prologue, Antarctica holds what percentage of the world’s ice?

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?

3. Who is said to be the director of Immari Security that Martin Grey eyes “as if he were an apparition” in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 30?

4. Who does Dorian Sloane ask for on the phone when he first calls the Tibetan Immari facility in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 47?

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

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