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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. Where is the Autism Research Center that is described as the setting of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?
(a) Cape Town, South Africa.
(b) New Delhi, India.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Jakarta, Indonesia.

2. The narrator says in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48 that of the three sites Robert Hunt has drilled on, there had been about what value in equipment?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $30 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $45 million.

3. 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?
(a) North Rhine-Westphalia.
(b) Neuschwabenland.
(c) Mecklenburg.
(d) Baden-Württemberg.

4. Who arrives at the Clocktower Station Headquarters to meet with David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 9?
(a) Dmitry Kozlov.
(b) Josh Cohen.
(c) Adam Lynch.
(d) Conner Anderson.

5. The mini-yacht that Harto has received from David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39 is said to be capable of sleeping how many people below deck in the master stateroom, port guest stateroom, and aft guest stateroom?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Toba Catastrophe Theory, the Toba super-eruption occurred sometime between 69,000 and how many years ago?

2. How much is the contract that Robert Hunt has agreed to going to pay him for two months of drilling, according to the author in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 48?

3. In the Prologue, Karl Selig watches as an iceberg crumbles. Who is Karl’s grad school friend that he calls to “come check this out”?

4. 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?

5. Where does David discover the hidden code sent to him from Josh Cohen in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 42?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What information does David Vale learn from Dr. Kate Warner regarding “Toba Protocol” in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the setting of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 6? Who is the main character in this chapter?

10. What do Martin Grey and Dorian Sloane find inside the submarine in Part II: "A Tibetan Tapestry," Chapter 45?

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