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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diane see happen?
(a) A meoteorite flashing past.
(b) An explosion down the street.
(c) The stars flicker and disappear.
(d) A bright comet streaking through the sky.

2. Where do Tyler, Jason and Diane meet together again?
(a) At a political rally when Tyler is running for President.
(b) At an economic summit.
(c) At a summer house in the Berkshires.
(d) At a space summit.

3. What path does Tyler choose?
(a) To become a Catholic priest.
(b) To travel with the people colonizing Mars.
(c) To go into politics.
(d) To become a doctor.

4. What happened to Tyler's Mom?
(a) She suffers a major stroke.
(b) She is killed in a plane crash.
(c) She has an auto accident.
(d) She is lost in Africa somewhere.

5. At what are Diane and Tyler looking?
(a) Times Square.
(b) The glaciers.
(c) The television.
(d) The archway.

6. What does Diane tell Tyler when she returns to the motel room?
(a) The medicine was not the correct dosage.
(b) They have to leave in two days.
(c) The lack of symptoms means Tyler cannot create antibodies.
(d) They have to leave right away.

7. What does Tyler want Jason to do?
(a) Go to Texas to see a specialist.
(b) Come to the clinic for a physical exam.
(c) Get as much bed rest as possible.
(d) Go to France to see a specialist.

8. What does Tyler hope he does not lose?
(a) The power to the other plane engine.
(b) Too much of his memory.
(c) His love of music.
(d) His list of resolutions.

9. Who belongs to NK?
(a) Tyler.
(b) Jason.
(c) Mr. Lawton.
(d) Diane.

10. What is the first "casualty" of the October Event?
(a) The czar.
(b) No trick or treating.
(c) The church.
(d) The failure of all satellite-based communication networks.

11. About what do the children wonder?
(a) If the sun will appear the next day.
(b) If the comet was the one that Mark Twain saw.
(c) If a star had been absorbed into a black hole.
(d) Whose house had just exploded into flames.

12. What has disappeared from his mother's boxes?
(a) One box marked "Private."
(b) One box with Tyler's birth information.
(c) One box marked "Mementos (school)".
(d) Nothing that Tyler can tell.

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

14. What happens the next morning?
(a) It is still dark at 10 am.
(b) The sun appears as usual.
(c) The news talks of the house explosion.
(d) The children go off to school.

15. What does Tyler use as a means of saying nothing about Jason's condition?
(a) He does not yet know what is wrong with Jason.
(b) The need to know.
(c) Jason asked him not to say anything.
(d) Patient confidentiality.

Short Answer Questions

1. After humans colonize Mars, what happens?

2. How much has the universe outside of Spin aged over the last five years?

3. How does Diane deal with spin?

4. How are Jason's symptoms?

5. Who does Diane have to consult before accepting Tyler's offer?

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