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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 is the Russian cosmonaut who survives the landing of his vessel deemed?
(a) A font of information about the October Event.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) A hero.

2. Upon what does Tyler reflect?
(a) His past.
(b) How the ball is ascending just before midnight.
(c) The bad quality of music videos these days.
(d) The number of penquins on the ice.

3. Who is Gisele?
(a) Diane's dog.
(b) Tyler's dog.
(c) Jason's lover.
(d) A neighbor and friend of Tyler's who works as a waitress by day and as a prostitute by night.

4. What does Jason ask of Tyler?
(a) To do whatever is necessary to save his speech.
(b) To kill him if Jason becomes paralyzed.
(c) To talk to Jason's father about the problem.
(d) To make him appear as normal as possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Diane and Tyler at the beginning of the book?

2. What is one possible outcome?

3. What is one of Perihelion's projects?

4. What is the grand plan for Mars?

5. What is the "October Event"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Why does E. D. know about the attributes of Spin and why does he reveal this information to Jason?

5. Why do you think most of the Lawtons converge on Washington, D.C. to be witho Belinda, who has suffered a severe stroke and is not expected to live?

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

7. What does Tyler and Ina talk about and what does Ina say?

8. What is the first "casualty" of the event that comes to be known as "Spin" and what is one consequence of this casualty?

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

10. What does Jason reveal about Perihelion's plans for Mars and why might this be significant?

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