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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the precursor organization to the Central Intelligence Agency?
(a) The Office of Strategic Services.
(b) M16.
(c) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(d) Homeland Security.

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) 23,000.
(c) 77,000.
(d) 125,000.

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

4. 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. The last transaction is to an account at what bank in the U.S.?
(a) Wachovia.
(b) US Bank.
(c) JP Morgan.
(d) Bank of America.

5. How many seats are in the airplane that David leads Kate to in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 46?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

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

8. 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?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Gin.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vodka.

9. 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?
(a) Dr. Warner.
(b) Nakula Pang.
(c) Dr. Evans.
(d) Dr. Chase.

10. How long ago does Martin Grey say his team had discovered the submarine in Antarctica when speaking to Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 41?
(a) 7 days ago.
(b) 3 days ago.
(c) 5 days ago.
(d) 12 days ago.

11. What is the setting described in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 23?
(a) Immari Corp. Research Complex.
(b) Secure Comms Room, Clocktower Station Headquarters.
(c) Manggarai Train Station.
(d) The Clocktower Safe House.

12. 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?
(a) Steve Cooper.
(b) Ben Adelson.
(c) Howard Keegan.
(d) Dorian Sloane.

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

14. 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) More than three fourths.
(b) Less than one fifth.
(c) Almost half.
(d) Almost one third.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the river that David Vale is found floating in, in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 26?

4. When David Vale examines the numbers in the craigslist ad in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42, the first numbers turn out to be GPS coordinates for a location at the border of what countries?

5. What have Dr. Kate Warner’s hands been secured with in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 28?

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