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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deniador seek before he will believe something?
(a) proof that it's true
(b) proof that it's good for him
(c) an official decree
(d) a sign from God

2. What finally drives off the animals?
(a) Pelorat lures them away off a cliff.
(b) Trevize injures one with severe pain.
(c) Bliss uses mind control to make them afraid.
(d) Bliss gives them hallucinations.

3. What does the name Aurora mean?
(a) paradise
(b) escape
(c) beginning
(d) ending

4. Does Pelorat believe in psychohistory?
(a) Yes, but he believes it doesn't work.
(b) Yes, he believes it exists and that it works.
(c) No, he believes it's a myth.
(d) No, he won't believe until he sees proof.

5. Why might Comporellon hold clues to Earth?
(a) It is an older civilization than Gaia, home of some humans' ancestors.
(b) It is mentioned in a legend about Earth.
(c) It is further from the center of the universe than Gaia.
(d) It is on a direct trajectory from Gaia to where Trevise believes Earth to be.

6. What is Trevize concerned about if Bliss comes on the journey?
(a) Bliss might be hurt, damaging relations with Gaia.
(b) Bliss will make trouble with alien races.
(c) Bliss will interfere with Pelorat's concentration.
(d) Everyone on Gaia will know what happens on the journey.

7. What does Trevise run to for protection?
(a) a building
(b) the ship
(c) a tree
(d) a river

8. What is Trevize's second attempt to convince the official to let him land?
(a) Trevize tries to bribe the official.
(b) Trevize offers the official valuable fuel.
(c) Trevize offers the official a sealed box, secreted on the ship.
(d) Trevize threatens to go to the official's superiors.

9. Under what conditions does Bliss say she will interfere?
(a) if she is separated from Pelorat
(b) if they are convicted
(c) if she knows the government is corrupt
(d) if Trevize's life is in danger

10. What is the official truly interested in?
(a) Trevize's ship
(b) Bliss's favors
(c) Pelorat's expensive jewelry
(d) Trevize's ability to help his career

11. After Trevize and his crew land, why does Trevize think they've been picked up?
(a) He thinks the government wants to see him.
(b) He thinks they're being deported from the planet.
(c) He thinks they're being arrested for lying.
(d) He thinks they're being brought to a hotel.

12. What is the name of Trevize's space ship?
(a) Fore Star
(b) Falling Star
(c) Far Star
(d) Fast Star

13. What does Trevize say empty planets like this have been used for?
(a) naval maneuvers
(b) survival training
(c) prisons
(d) weapons testing

14. What does Bliss imagine it would be like to not be part of Gaia?
(a) full of power
(b) alternatively sorrowful and joyful
(c) free and confident
(d) isolated and alone

15. How does Trevize first try to convince the official to let him land?
(a) by offering him Bliss
(b) by threatening to shoot him
(c) by threatening to tie him up and escape past him
(d) by using his power as a government official

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bliss think of the cold weather?

2. What does Bliss say that Gaia wants from Trevize?

3. What happened to the first settlers, according to Deniador?

4. What is the purpose of the entry stations?

5. Who greets Trevize, Bliss, and Pelorat when they disembark?

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