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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. How much changed on Earth right after the October Event?
(a) The tides reversed themselves.
(b) The sky was always bright blue.
(c) Nothing changed drastically.
(d) It never rains.

2. What is the Russian cosmonaut who survives the landing of his vessel deemed?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) A font of information about the October Event.
(c) Crazy.
(d) A hero.

3. How do Diane and Simon live?
(a) She works as a doctor.
(b) He works as a contractor.
(c) She works in her dad's firm.
(d) Off an inheritance and money from NK.

4. What is the status of Lawton's aerostats manufacturing company?
(a) It went into bankruptcy.
(b) Very powerful.
(c) It has been disbanded.
(d) Still limping along.

5. Who is chosen because of his skills and wide cultural knowledge.
(a) E.D.
(b) Tyler.
(c) Wen Woo Gog.
(d) Wun Ngo Wen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tyler have to move if he accepts the offer?

2. When does Tyler fall in love with Diane?

3. Who does Jason invite Tyler to meet?

4. What does Tyler send Diane?

5. What happened to Tyler's Mom?

Short Essay Questions

1. One might be a piece of foreshadowing in this chapter?

2. Briefly describe the different paths the three friends, Diane, Jason, and Tyler choose as adults and after the coming of Spin.

3. What is the first "casualty" of the event that comes to be known as "Spin" and what is one consequence of this casualty?

4. What is one theme that first appears in this chapter?

5. How does Tyler feel and what does he do?

6. Where does the cab take Tyler and Diane and who do they meet?

7. What is the definition of ecopoiesis?

8. What incident does Tyler recall and what theme does this incident reveal?

9. What does Jason reveal about Perihelion's plans for Mars and why might this be significant?

10. What does E.D. reveal to Jason about the membrane called "Spin"?

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