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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. Where is Perihelion located?
(a) Near Boston.
(b) Near NASA at Cape Canaveral.
(c) In Washington, D.C.
(d) In Houston.

2. What type of MS does Jason seem to now have?
(a) The very mild type.
(b) Acute drug-responsive Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Acute drug-resistant Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) A particularly virulent type.

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

4. How does Jason feel towards Simon?
(a) He tolerates him.
(b) He likes him very much.
(c) He is indifferent to him.
(d) He hates him.

5. Why does Diane call Tyler regularly?
(a) To keep him informed of the sect's whereabouts along with Diane's whereabouts.
(b) To tell him of the progress of her pregnancy.
(c) To find out about Jason's health.
(d) To reassure Tyler that she is ok.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Chinese missiles hit?

2. What does the cosmonaut say about his space trip?

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

4. What does Spin offer to the young people of Earth?

5. What is Lawton's political influence?

Short Essay Questions

1. How will ecopoiesis work on Mars?

2. How does Tyler seem to continue in his mother's "footsteps"?

3. Why does Tyler decide to write the story of him and his friends?

4. What movement does Diane belong to and how is that movement characterized? How is the behavior of the movement ironic?

5. What is the Chinese response to Spin and how would you interpret that?

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

7. Describe the overall approach of the author to the plot.

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

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

10. Why does Tyler quickly stop reading the letters from his father to his mother and what do you think is the implication of it?

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