Frameshift Quiz

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What scientific controversy does Burian Klimus hope to resolve by working on the DNA of a 62,000-year-old Neanderthal woman? (from Chapter 16-20)

Which species is the more intelligent—Neanderthal or modern homo sapiens.

Whether it's possible to graft ancient Neanderthal DNA into living humans to produce a new species.

How much, if any, Neanderthal DNA survives in the makeup of modern humans.

Whether there is a direct lineage from Neanderthal to modern humans, or if different species of humans arose in different parts of the world.

What is the name of the Nazi-search agency where Avi Meyer works? (from Chapters 26-30)

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice.

United Nations Committee on Human Rights.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

What specific allegations does Pierre make about Abraham Danielson? (from Chapters 36-43)

He has conducted illegal medical experiments.

Blacks and other minorities can't get insurance with Condor.

He is Ivan Grozny of the Treblinka death camp.

Condor Insurance rates are too high.

What physical characteristic of Burian Klimus does Pierre notice that makes him suspicious of his background? (from Chapter 16-20)

Klimus uses a cane, but sometimes he uses it on his right side and other times on the left.

Klimus wears contact lenses that make his eyes a sparkling blue.

Large red areas on his scalp, perhaps indicative of a failed hair transplant.

Thin white lines in the flesh behind his ears.

What event(s) raise Pierre's suspicions about a link between seemingly random murders of people with genetic diseases and the Condor Insurance Co.? (from Chapters 11-15)

A savage attack on Pierre and the unsolved murder of an employee at Condor with a genetic disease.

Rejection of Pierre's application to Condor for insurance because he has Huntington's disease.

A sharp increase in health insurance premiums at a time when claims are dropping.

Several genetic profiles performed in Pierre's lab unrelated to his research.