1. What is the first of the Three Laws of Robotics?
(a) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
(b) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the other two Laws.
(c) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
(d) A robot must strive to supersede authority from humankind when necessary.

2. How much time passes between “Runaround” and “Reason”?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

3. What temperature is Robbie’s metal skin kept at by high resistance coils in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 70 degrees.
(b) 96.8 degrees.
(c) 75 degrees.
(d) 92.8 degrees.

4. According to the narrator in “Catch That Rabbit,” what is the unwritten motto of U.S. Robot and Mechanical Men Corporation?
(a) “No employee is a robot.”
(b) “No employee leaves base alone.”
(c) “No employee makes the same mistake twice.”
(d) “No employee speaks to the robots.”

5. What is the model of the robot that Speedy is in “Runaround”?
(a) SPD-13.
(b) DV-5.
(c) SPD-2.
(d) SPP-11.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Powell in “Catch That Rabbit,” if Powell and Donovan had what tester, they could check each individual item in Dave’s body within twenty-four to forty-eight hours?

2. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?

3. What is the name of the dog that Gloria’s parents give her when Robbie is sent away in Chapter One, “Robbie”?

4. Powell tells Cutie that he will be back on Earth in about how much time in “Reason”?

5. According to Powell, the first step of what is catching the rabbit in “Catch That Rabbit”?

(see the answer key)

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