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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 does the Spin membrane start doing?

2. Why does the person tip off E.D.?

3. Who is introduced to the general public?

4. How are Tyler and Diane getting out of Padang?

5. What does Diane's new sect consider Wun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wun say about the replicator technology and why it might be helpful?

4. What does Simon tell Tyler about Diane when Tyler arrives at Condon's ranch?

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

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

7. What does Tyler wonder about Diane and how does she respond?

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

9. What does Tyler do about Diane's disease and what does he tell Jason?

10. Why is Jason dying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many books are written not just to entertain, but also because the author wants readers to think about one or more themes or issues. Discuss one of the following:

Follow the theme of fanaticism and analyze it thoroughly throughout the text, using specific examples.

Follow the theme of environmental responsibility and analyze it thoroughly throughout the text, using specific examples.

Discuss what might be the author's agenda in writing Spin, giving examples from the text and relating it to the "real" world.

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

Once some scientists begin to understand the properties of Spin, it is evident that time flows differently inside versus outside of the Spin membrane. Discuss the following:

Compare the properties of time between the inside and outside of Spin.

From the perspective of time, what are the advantages of living inside Spin? The disadvantages?

From the perspective of time, what are the advantages of living outside Spin? The disadvantages.

What do you think it says about the nature of time in that it seems to flow differently inside of Spin versus on the outside?

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