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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. Where are Tyler and Diane moving?

2. What does Tyler think is wrong with Diane?

3. Why does Tyler give Jason a heavier dose of medicine?

4. What happens to Wun after returning to Florida?

5. Why do Diane and Tyler go into hiding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tyler do and how does he feel when men burn down Ina's clinic?

2. What happens in the summer with the sky and why does Simon call Tyler? How does Tyler respond?

3. Why is Jason dying?

4. What happens when Tyler rides along with Wun in a convoy that takes them to Perihelion?

5. What does Molly say when Tyler confronts her?

6. What does Tyler say might be the Hypotheticals motivation as far as the Spin goes?

7. How does Tyler and Diane escape from Condon's ranch?

8. What is in the envelope Tyler received after from Jason after he died? Why did Jason leave him the envelope?

9. What does Jason report to Tyler about the replicators a few years after they were launched?

10. What does Jason tell Tyler about the Martian ambassador, conditions on Mars and why he was sent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Manipulation occurs on both a small scale, i.e., one person to another and on a grand scale, i.e., thousands being manipulated by a small cadre of powerful people. Discuss one the following:

Discuss a "small-scale" manipulation, i.e., how one character manipulates another character. Give specific examples and analyze motives.

Discuss a "large-scale" manipulation, i.e., how a one person or a small group of persons manipulates hundreds/thousands/millions of others . Give specific examples and analyze motives.

Compare and contrast a "real" life example of large-scale manipulation to an example of it in Spin.

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

Chapter one opens in the present but then flashes back to the past. This technique is done with a literary device called a flashback. There are a number of literary devices in this novel. Discuss one of the following:

Define "flashback" and give examples of it in the novel. What is the purpose of a flashback? How effective is the use of flashbacks in this story? What is a weakness of using flashbacks? Why do you think the author choices to use flashbacks in this story so often? Would this story be very different if told completely in chronological order? Why or why not? How would it change the plot?

Define metaphor and give examples of it in the novel. What is the purpose of a metaphor? How effective is the use of metaphors in this story? What is a weakness of using metaphors? Would this story be very different if there were no metaphors? Why or why not? How would it change the plot?

Choose one literary device that occurs in Spin and answer the following questions:

What is the purpose of the literary device? How effective is the use of the literary device in this story? What is a weakness of using this literary device? Would this story be very different if there were no occurrences of this literary device? Why or why not? How would it change the plot?

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