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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Cryogenetics.
(b) Epigenetics.
(c) Synergetics.
(d) Culigenetics.

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

5. 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) Howard Keegan.
(c) Dorian Sloane.
(d) Ben Adelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what body of water does Dr. Kate Warner fall in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 37?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Where does the narrator say Karl Selig and his team had set out to sea five weeks ago in the novel’s Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What external conflicts are presented to the protagonists in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 24?

2. What is David Vale’s position and objective in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 2?

3. How does Josh Cohen discover David Vale is still alive in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25? What danger does Josh face at this point?

4. What is significant about the information revealed in the press release in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 43?

5. What internal conflicts are established with Dr. Kate Warner’s character in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?

6. What is the message that David retrieves from Josh Cohen in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42?

7. What does Josh Cohen discover in the letter left to him by David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25?

8. What is Vincent Tarea watching in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 21? What information does he gain?

9. What bank transactions does Josh Cohen make in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25?

10. What development has occurred with Kate’s study in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 3? What conflict takes place in the chapter?

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