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

2. By what name does Dr. Martin Grey address the man who has kidnapped Dr. Warner and whom she believes to be responsible for the kidnapping of her subjects, in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 28?
(a) “Mr. Tarea.”
(b) “Mr. Vale.”
(c) “Mr. Cohen.”
(d) “Mr. Smith.”

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

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) Adam Lynch.
(c) Nakula Pang.
(d) Vincent Tarea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Harto say he will learn in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39?

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. By what name does Robert Hunt identify himself when speaking over the radio in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48?

4. In Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22, Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale that who is the Head of Immari Research?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting described in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1? What is Dr. Kate Warner doing when the chapter opens?

2. What happens when Steve and Karl leave the research vessel to investigate the artifact in the Prologue?

3. How does Josh Cohen go about sending David Vale a message before he is intercepted in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25?

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

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

6. What is the setting of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 2? What is David Vale doing when the chapter opens?

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

8. What obstacle do David and Kate meet in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 46? How do they overcome the obstacle?

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

10. Where has Kate been taken in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 28? Who confronts her here?

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