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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 does the "October Event" come to be named?
(a) Spin.
(b) Fall Equinox.
(c) All Saint's Day.
(d) 12-day Revolution.

2. What were the satellites like that fell to Earth after the October Event?
(a) They had been transformed into some strange material.
(b) They were as expected.
(c) They were as if brand new.
(d) They were showing sings of aging far beyond what was expected.

3. What does Jason tell Diane and Tyler later the night of the party?
(a) The information his dad relays to Jason.
(b) That Jason has been hired by the government to work on a special space project.
(c) That Jason is traveling to the Himalayas to seek answers.
(d) That Jason is building a space ship.

4. Why does Diane leave the hotel?
(a) To buy groceries.
(b) She and Tyler argue.
(c) To find a contact to help them.
(d) To find some cocaine to relieve Tyler's pain.

5. What is disastrous about the party?
(a) A teen fell through the ice and drowned.
(b) One teen broke his neck.
(c) The blind date Diane arranges for Tyler.
(d) The eclipse did not happen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does E.D. spend most of his time?

2. How does Diane deal with spin?

3. What is the relation of time between inside and outside of Spin?

4. What name has science given to the Alien race possibly responsible for the Spin?

5. Who is chosen because of his skills and wide cultural knowledge.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Define the literary term flashback and give an example of its use in this novel.

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

5. What is the implication of a world where time moves much more slowly compared to the rest of the Universe?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. One might be a piece of foreshadowing in this chapter?

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