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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapters 40-68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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. Josh watches as five transactions take place of what sum of money each?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $5 million.

4. In the letter that David Vale has left to Josh Cohen to read upon his death in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 25, he tells Josh to forward whatever he’s found to whom?
(a) Ben Adelson.
(b) Steve Cooper.
(c) Howard Keegan.
(d) Eddi Kusnadi.

5. What is the island that is described 96 miles off the coast of Antarctica in the opening of Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45?
(a) Wonder Island.
(b) Snow Island.
(c) Ice Island.
(d) Dutch Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin Grey tells Dorian Sloane in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45 that what he knows of the structure under the submarine is that it’s very old. “At least as old as the ruins” where?

2. What name is on the ID badge that Kate wears along with a white coat found in the locker at the train station in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 51?

3. 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?

4. When the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica, they claimed part of the continent as a new German province named what, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

5. According to the narrator in the novel’s Prologue, the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica in what years?

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