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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. Donovan tells Powell that it’s time he got what out of his pants and went to work in “Catch That Rabbit”?
(a) His phone.
(b) The red tape.
(c) The stick.
(d) His gun.

2. How long does Gloria’s father say Robbie has been with Gloria in Chapter One, “Robbie”?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

3. According to Susan Calvin, the model of robot which included Robbie was sold to be used as what?
(a) A factory worker.
(b) A miner.
(c) A maid.
(d) A nursemaid.

4. What surrounds the mining pool, causing danger to Speedy, in “Runaround”?
(a) Water.
(b) Gold nuggets.
(c) Crystals.
(d) Oxygen.

5. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the first mobile robot equipped with a voice was destined for the projected mines where?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cutie refers to humans such as Powell and Donovan as being what, in “Reason”?

2. How old does the narrator of the Introduction claim to be?

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

4. According to Donovan in “Runaround,” he sent Speedy to the nearest mining pool which was how many miles away from Donovan and Powell’s location in “Runaround”?

5. Powell realizes that the only way to solve the Speedy situation in “Runaround” is to invoke which of the Laws of Robotics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discovered about the earlier generation robots in “Runaround”?

2. How does Cutie describe his conclusions of existence to Donovan and Powell as they discover the coming storm in “Reason”?

3. What is implied about the Interviewer in the book’s Introduction? Why is this significant?

4. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Catch That Rabbit”? What robot are they testing in this story?

5. What do Donovan and Powell discover about the robots’ behavior when they are not knowingly being observed in “Catch That Rabbit”?

6. What is indicated about the personality of Dr. Susan Calvin in the Introduction?

7. What conclusion does Donovan reach upon observing the robots’ behavior in “Catch That Rabbit”? What does Powell conclude?

8. What is established about the capacity of robots in “Robbie”? What is foreshadowed in the story?

9. Where are Donovan and Powell in the beginning of “Reason”? How much time has elapsed since “Runaround”?

10. What does Donovan discover when he goes to check the Converter in “Reason”?

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