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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Tyler fall in love with Diane?
(a) When Diane is 10 and her dog dies.
(b) When Diane was in high school.
(c) He loves her as a friend only.
(d) He has never loved her.

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

3. What is ecopoiesis?
(a) A rare skin disease created by Spin.
(b) The study of the ecological impact of Spin.
(c) A term coined by a scientist in 1990 to refer to the activity of creating a biosphere where none exists.
(d) The way an alien race they meet on Mars regenerates.

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

5. Where does Jason work?
(a) Los Alamos, NM.
(b) Stargate Operations.
(c) Perihelion.
(d) In covert space operations for the European commonwealth.

6. Where is Diane living?
(a) With her husband.
(b) With her dad.
(c) In New Zealand.
(d) With religious zealots.

7. What do Jason, Tyler and Diane do that evening?
(a) They go to a disco.
(b) They watch the launch of the rockets that will bring the seeds of life to Mars.
(c) They bring out old photo albums and reminisce.
(d) They watch the superbowl and get drunk.

8. Who does not know about the effects of Spin?
(a) No one.
(b) The general public.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The scientific communities.

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

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

11. Where are Diane and Tyler at the beginning of the book?
(a) In a plane over Anarctica.
(b) At a hotel in NYC.
(c) In a hotel in Padang, Indonesia.
(d) At home in Beverly Hills, Ca.

12. How does Diane deal with spin?
(a) Becoming an astronaut.
(b) Helping Jason find a way to lift Spin.
(c) Following a religious path.
(d) Working in her father's company.

13. Why is NK created?
(a) As a way of revitalizing old Rome.
(b) To help colonizing other planets.
(c) A new way to communicate.
(d) Out of fear from the coming end of the world.

14. What do the Chinese missiles hit?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Sibera.
(c) Alaska.
(d) The alien artifacts.

15. What is a consequence of the way time works with the Spin?
(a) The Universe will expire in 10 years of Earth time.
(b) No consequence other than the usual decay over time.
(c) The Universe will be infintely young.
(d) The Sun will decay in such a way that the blue planet will be swallowed by the burning star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jala?

2. After humans colonize Mars, what happens?

3. Where is Perihelion located?

4. What does Jason ask of Tyler?

5. What were two causes of the failure of the NK movement?

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