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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Reason.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog that Gloria’s parents give her when Robbie is sent away in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Champ.
(c) Sparky.
(d) Lightning.

2. What word, used to describe Robbie in Chapter One, “Robbie,” means cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness?
(a) Stubbornness.
(b) Irony.
(c) Mediocrity.
(d) Alacrity.

3. What is the character of Powell’s first name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Abe.
(d) Michael.

4. Gloria is playing what game with Robbie in the beginning of Chapter One, "Robbie”?
(a) Chutes and Ladders.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

5. What is Speedy mining for when he disappears in “Runaround”?
(a) Selenium.
(b) Calcium.
(c) Silver.
(d) Magnesium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second of the Three Laws of Robotics?

2. What is “heading straight dead center across the Earth beam” in “Reason”?

3. In the beginning of “Runaround,” Donovan informs Powell that Speedy has been gone for how many hours?

4. Powell refers to Cutie as a robot what in “Reason”?

5. The Second Mercury Expedition was financed in part by U.S. Robots and in part by whom, according to Susan Calvin?

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