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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. Why is Bander referred to as "it"?
(a) Bander will not reveal his or her gender.
(b) Bander is part male and part female.
(c) Bander is a robot.
(d) Trevize insults Bander by calling him "it."

2. Why can't Bliss have a child with Pelorat?
(a) Pelorat cannot have children.
(b) Bliss can only have a child with a Gaian.
(c) Bliss cannot have children.
(d) Bliss will not have a child with someone she loves.

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

4. What do the travelers think people of Solaria and New Earth are most concerned with?
(a) protecting their ways of life
(b) taking over other cultures
(c) keeping enough resources for themselves
(d) irradicating competing cultures

5. What allows the Solarians to live in isolation?
(a) robots
(b) a system of underground rivers
(c) the large size of their planet
(d) telepathy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tervize's opinion about taking Fallom with them?

2. How do the people on the island react to the newcomers?

3. How do Solarians seek freedom?

4. What does Trevize accidentally break off the statue?

5. What does Pelorat compare Trevize's exploration of three planets to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meals on New Earth.

2. Why was Bliss able to successfully overpower Bander?

3. How does Trevize react when the ship's controls are taken over as they approach the moon?

4. What does Trevize wish he could do when he finds the Earth is radioactive?

5. Why does Trevize think Bander explains about Solaria to the travelers?

6. What criticism does Trevize have of the Solarian society?

7. How does Trevize feel about Solaria?

8. Why is Fallom uncomfortable on the island of New Earth?

9. What does Pelorat promise Fallom if Fallom will lead the travelers out of Bander's estate?

10. Describe Trevize and Pelorat's important discovery on Melpomenia.

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