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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it at the beginning of "The Big House" Chapter?

2. What does Diane decide?

3. Why does Jason retreat to his rooms for months?

4. What kind of party do Diane and Jason attend?

5. Who does not know about the effects of Spin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 is the definition of ecopoiesis?

5. Why did the NK religion end?

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

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

8. How does the general population respond to Spin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The term "teraforming" is quite common in the genre of science fiction, including Spin. Discuss the following:

What is a general definition for teraforming as found in your research? Does the definition fit the way teraforming is used in Spin?

How does teraforming appear in Spin? Explain giving examples.

Does the concept of teraforming seem far fetched in "real" life? Why or why not?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of teraforming?

Is there any possibility that Earth was actually teraformed by advanced beings? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

E. D. tells Jason that information is generally valuable in the hands of those who can use it. Discuss the following:

Analyze and explain fully what you think E. D. believes about information.

How does access to information give E. D. and others of his ilk power? Give examples.

Compare a character who abuses the acquisition of information to one who uses it for the benefit of human kind.

Does what is discussed in this story about information have any validity in our own world? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Power and powerlessness are two themes that occur throughout Spin. Discuss one of the following:

Define personal power and discuss the concept fully as applied to two different characters.

Define powerlessness and discuss the concept fully as applied to two different characters.

Compare and contrast the way E. D. uses power to the way Jason uses power.

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