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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 disastrous about the party?

2. Who does Jason invite Tyler to meet?

3. At what are Diane and Tyler looking?

4. What happens the next morning?

5. About what disease does Tyler learn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Tyler doing with the medicine he has injected and why do you think he is taking the medicine when it has such terrible side effects?

4. How does Tyler feel and what does he do?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are often labeled as protagonist, antagonist or secondary characters. Discuss the following:

Define protagonist, antagonist and secondary characters.

Who do you think is (are) the protagonist(s)? Why?

Who do you think is (are) the antagonist(s)? Why?

Who are two important secondary characters? Why do you choose them?

Essay Topic 3

Time is a concept that is easy to define but much more difficult to understand, both in Spin and in "real" life. Discuss the following:

Define time and then explain time.

Many philosophers say that time is a "human construct." What do you think this term means? If it is true, why do you think humans "constructed" time?

What would be the nature of our life if time either as a construct or absolute did not exist?

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