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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the minister say the condition of Earth is now?
(a) She says that Earth is isolated and wild.
(b) She says that Earth is a desert.
(c) She says that Earth is destroyed.
(d) She says that Earth is radioactive.

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

3. What does Trevize promise the minister?
(a) He promises to carry her necklace with him.
(b) He promises to bring her to Earth one day.
(c) He promises to return.
(d) He promises to send back the Far Star after the mission.

4. Does Deniador think the document is reliable?
(a) No, he thinks it has been mistranslated.
(b) Yes, he thinks it is completely accurate.
(c) Yes, but only parts of it are legibile.
(d) No, he thinks it is a fake.

5. What does Trevize think happened to the missing records?
(a) They degraded over time, showing the limitations of Gaian memory storage.
(b) Bliss is hiding them from him.
(c) Someone destroyed or removed them.
(d) They were destroyed by a magnetic field.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Trevize, Pelorat, and Bliss first meet with on Comporellon?

2. What does the minister do after having sex with Trevize?

3. What does Bliss think of the story Trevize told the official?

4. What two weapons does Trevize take onto the planet?

5. The weather is a part of ________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the oldest records of Gaia stored in inanimate, inaccessible locations?

2. Why does Pelorat want to stay on Aurora?

3. What does Pelorat say the rain means, when the spaceship is departing?

4. By trying to manipulate the border official, what is Trevize prioritizing above the law of society?

5. How does Trevize feel when he first steps off his ship onto Aurora?

6. At the beginning of the novel, what former decision does Trevize question?

7. What does Trevize hope to find in the ruins?

8. When was Gaia first formed?

9. What kinds of plants and animals did the early space travelers introduce onto Aurora?

10. Why would a Gaian naturally value truth?

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