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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 is the bright disc suspended in the sky?

2. What does Jala do?

3. What is disastrous about the party?

4. What is the Russian cosmonaut who survives the landing of his vessel deemed?

5. How can this disease be treated?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does E.D. reveal to Jason about the membrane called "Spin"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the general population respond to Spin?

9. 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?

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

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

Characters are an important element of most stories. Discuss one of the following:

Compare and contrast Jason to Tyler.

Compare and contrast Jason to Diane.

Compare and contrast Jason to E. D.

Essay Topic 3

Religious cults exist in this story and in "real" life. Discuss one of the following:

How does the appearance of Spin affect conventional and non-conventional religious institutions?

Is joining a religious cult a healthy or unhealthy way of dealing with Spin? Explain fully with examples.

Compare and contrast how a cult in this story is similar to a cult that has existed in "real" life.

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