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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trevize discover about the planet they are seeking?
(a) It is superheated.
(b) It has gone off its orbit.
(c) It has little atmosphere.
(d) It is too small to support life.

2. What is the surface of Alpha like?
(a) It is covered in sand.
(b) It is covered in ice.
(c) It is covered in water.
(d) It is rocky and mountainous.

3. Why does Bliss disable the guard robots?
(a) They plan to kill Fallom.
(b) They plan to torture Pelorat.
(c) They plan to take the Far Star.
(d) They plan to kill Trevize.

4. Why does Trevize want to leave Bliss on the spaceship?
(a) to watch after Fallom
(b) because he is too mad to work with her
(c) because he is afraid she will make a mistake
(d) to punish her

5. How does Hiroko dress?
(a) in light clothing and no top
(b) in no clothing
(c) in a body suit
(d) in a short dress

6. What happens as the ship approaches the moon?
(a) The ship's controls are taken over, and the ship is landed.
(b) The ship begins to rock madly in turbulence.
(c) The people on the ship lose consciousness.
(d) The people on the ship start to feel ill.

7. What does Trevize say about Fallom's intelligence?
(a) He likes her for her quick-wittedness.
(b) He wants to speed up her lessons.
(c) She learns too quickly.
(d) She is slow because she is not used to being with people.

8. Why does Trevize tell Bliss that she is responsible for the child?
(a) because the child has bonded with her
(b) because she killed the child's parent
(c) because she is a woman
(d) because she brought it on board

9. What is the first building Trevize and Pelorat find on the planet?
(a) a castle
(b) a market
(c) a bank
(d) a farmhouse

10. What begins growing on Pelorat?
(a) mold
(b) moss
(c) ivy
(d) fungus

11. How does Trevize know Bander is dead?
(a) He sees Bander's body.
(b) The estate begins to slowly crumble.
(c) The power is gone from the estate.
(d) He is freed from the force that had stopped him from getting his weapons.

12. Where does Travize ask Fallom to take them?
(a) to Bander's personal quarters
(b) to the next nearest estate
(c) to the control center of the estate
(d) out of the estate

13. What do Trevize and Pelorat use to kill the growth?
(a) water
(b) microwave radiation
(c) fire
(d) heat and ultraviolet light

14. Is the planet Trevize correct in suspecting that Earth is radioactive?
(a) No, but it shows signs of recent radioactivity.
(b) Yes, it is radioactive.
(c) No, it shows no signs of radioactivity.
(d) Yes, but the radioactivity is slight and fading.

15. What leads Bliss to Fallom?
(a) She can detect Fallom's fear.
(b) She can detect Fallom's thoughts.
(c) She can detect Fallom's anger.
(d) She can detect Fallom's joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fallom hope to revive?

2. What does the growth live on?

3. Why does Pelorat suggest ending the mission?

4. What does Trevize call Beta?

5. What does Trevize accidentally break off the statue?

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