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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Incident At A Shoe Counter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lije want to do as the crowd grows?
(a) Spray tear gas on them.
(b) Call a riot squad.
(c) Push the fire alarm.
(d) Shoot his gun into the air to quiet them.

2. Why does Lije's father lose his job at the power plant?
(a) Because there was an accident at the plant.
(b) Because he punched his boss.
(c) Because the power plant closes down.
(d) Because the plant changed its power source.

3. What would be an immense challenge?
(a) A fair investigation.
(b) Obtaining legal compensation against the manufacturer.
(c) Proving the suicide was just that.
(d) A robot partner.

4. Who is R. Daneel Olivaw?
(a) A Spacer humanoid robot.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A botanist.
(d) A policeman.

5. In what does Lije try to intervene?
(a) His wife's bad habits.
(b) The vilification of robots.
(c) The shooting death of a colleague.
(d) The commotion he and the robot enounter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daneel say will happen to the next person who takes action against a robot?

2. What shocks Lije?

3. What is Elijah Baley's occupation?

4. About what are the women at the shoe store angry?

5. What does Daneel order the store manager to do?

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