2. To what does Jason call everyone's attention?
(a) The meal that is getting cold.
(b) The hovercraft over the lake.
(c) Lights flickering in the sky.
(d) The flock of strange birds settling on the lake.

3. What would happen if the protective membrane were removed?
(a) The rays of the decayed Sun would quickly make life on Earth impossible.
(b) The earth would explode.
(c) They do not know.
(d) Time would never start again.

4. What happens when the seeds with which they teraform Mars are mature?
(a) Human volunteers will be sent to colonize.
(b) They will kill all and do one more terraforming before colonizing.
(c) They will study it for 100 years to see if it is permanent before colonizing.
(d) They will let the Planet be dormant for 1000 years to be sure of its viability.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the status of Lawton's aerostats manufacturing company?

2. What does Tyler send Diane?

3. What do the Chinese missiles hit?

4. How do Diane and Simon live?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Diane leave Tyler in the hotel room?

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

3. Both Jason and Tyler wonder what the Hypotheticals (the name given to the fictional Alien race possibly responsible for the Spin) aimed to accomplish with the Spin. What do you think may be accomplished?

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

5. Why did the NK religion end?

6. Why does Jason hire Tyler to care for him?

7. Briefly describe the different paths the three friends, Diane, Jason, and Tyler choose as adults and after the coming of Spin.

8. How will ecopoiesis work on Mars?

9. Do you think Jason is right to conceal his disease from his father who is the CEO of Perihelion?

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

(see the answer keys)

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