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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Wun after returning to Florida?

2. What does the Spin membrane start doing?

3. What does Jason say about what he learned from Wun?

4. Why does the person tip off E.D.?

5. What does Jason think Wun Ngo Wen might have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Diane and Tyler go at the end of the book? What was the ultimate purpose of the Spin membrane?

2. What is in the envelope Tyler received after from Jason after he died? Why did Jason leave him the envelope?

3. What does Jason report to Tyler about the replicators a few years after they were launched?

4. What does Tyler do about Diane's disease and what does he tell Jason?

5. What happens shortly after the Spin membrane is gone?

6. What does Tyler do and how does he feel when men burn down Ina's clinic?

7. What happens in the summer with the sky and why does Simon call Tyler? How does Tyler respond?

8. How is Jason's health, what does he ask Tyler to do and how does Tyler respond?

9. What does Wun tell Tyler about a possible cure for Jason?

10. What does Jason tell Tyler about the Martian ambassador, conditions on Mars and why he was sent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Time is a concept that is easy to define but much more difficult to understand, both in Spin and in "real" life. Discuss the following:

Define time and then explain time.

Many philosophers say that time is a "human construct." What do you think this term means? If it is true, why do you think humans "constructed" time?

What would be the nature of our life if time either as a construct or absolute did not exist?

Essay Topic 2

Once some scientists begin to understand the properties of Spin, it is evident that time flows differently inside versus outside of the Spin membrane. Discuss the following:

Compare the properties of time between the inside and outside of Spin.

From the perspective of time, what are the advantages of living inside Spin? The disadvantages?

From the perspective of time, what are the advantages of living outside Spin? The disadvantages.

What do you think it says about the nature of time in that it seems to flow differently inside of Spin versus on the outside?

Essay Topic 3

Many books are written not just to entertain, but also because the author wants readers to think about one or more themes or issues. Discuss one of the following:

Follow the theme of fanaticism and analyze it thoroughly throughout the text, using specific examples.

Follow the theme of environmental responsibility and analyze it thoroughly throughout the text, using specific examples.

Discuss what might be the author's agenda in writing Spin, giving examples from the text and relating it to the "real" world.

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