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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. What is ready in early winter?
(a) The new Olympic ski slope.
(b) A new form of terraforming.
(c) A space ship for intergalaxy travel.
(d) Seed capsules are ready to be sent from launch pads.

2. Who is Tyler called to replace?
(a) Dr. Messmer.
(b) Dr. Carter.
(c) Dr. Jackson.
(d) Dr. Konig.

3. What does Diane tell Tyler?
(a) That she and Simon are only friends, not lovers.
(b) That she wants to leave Simon for him.
(c) That she does not intend to leave Simon.
(d) That she hopes she is pregnant.

4. Why does Jason retreat to his rooms for months?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He wants to gain the sympathy of his aloof parents.
(c) To search for the reason for the October Event.
(d) He is afraid of the school bullies.

5. What does Tyler decide to do?
(a) Go out into the crowds at Times Square.
(b) Land on an ice floe.
(c) Write a music opera.
(d) Write down his story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jason, Tyler and Diane do that evening?

2. What do Tyler and Jason discuss?

3. Where do Tyler, Jason and Diane meet together again?

4. What is the NK?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is known about Spin that would probably cause a general panic in the population of Earth were it to become common knowledge? Is it moral of those "in the know" to keep this information from the general population?

3. Why do all the rockets sent to Mars need to reach the membrane simultaneously?

4. What is the definition of ecopoiesis?

5. Why do you think many people, not just in this novel, but in real life, tend to turn to religion in a severe crisis?

6. Both Jason and Tyler wonder what the Hypotheticals (the name given to the fictional Alien race possibly responsible for the Spin) aimed to accomplish with the Spin. What do you think may be accomplished?

7. What does Ina tell En to do and why?

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

9. What is a consequence of the time difference inside and outside of Spin?

10. Why is the one Russian cosmonaut that makes it back to Earth alive after Spin considered crazy?

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