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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Where and how does Leigh have her first awakening? (from Part 1: Chapters 1 - 2 )

Where her and her sister are playing in the woods as children and she realizes she will survive her father's violence.

When she sees her mother crying at home and realizes she needs to leave.

Swimming in Nieuwe Maas bay as a girl, where she realizes she is not separate from the ocean.

When she leaves home and studies microorganisms in the Azores Islands and realizes they are the foundation of all life.

2.

What happens to the Institute after the failure of the Nereus mission> (from Part 5: Chapters 1 - 6 & Oceana )

It continues to operate in secrecy like before, preparing to send new missions into space.

The government steps in and shuts it down.

It disbands into 29 subsidiary companies, one of which mines asteroids.

Lawsuits cripple the Institute and research, making it obsolete.

3.

What effects does testing the propulsion technology or the power have? (from Part 3: Chapters 8 - 13)

It creates pollution akin to atomic waste and the scientists have no place to store it.

People develop rashes and then their skin starts to peel.

Sea turtles and birds fail their migrations and die.

It creates giant algal blooms in the ocean.

4.

What is Endeavour? (from Part 1: Chapters 3 - 5 )

A research ship bound for a deep sea vent.

A spaceship bound for Mars.

A submersible built to study deep sea vents.

The name of a Dutch punk band Leigh likes.

5.

What happens to Stefan, the leader of the Endeavour mission? (from Part 1: Chapters 10-16)

He falls overboard and cannot be found.

He falls in love with Leigh.

He slips away and dives into the vent, committing suicide.

He becomes famous for his research into deep sea vents.

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