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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. How do guards address Lije at the entrance to Spacetown?
(a) With outright hostility.
(b) With a salute and request for identification.
(c) With a barely concealed frown.
(d) They wave him through because of Daneel.

2. Why does Enderby think Dr. Sarton is dead?
(a) He has the body in the morgue.
(b) He got a note from Sarton saying he was fearful someone was trying to kill him.
(c) Dr. Sarton's wife identified his dead body.
(d) He saw the man's corpse.

3. What does Jesse ask Lije that night?
(a) That Bentley be allowed to go with Lije to the Spacer world.
(b) That Lije change jobs and get something less dangerous.
(c) To have another child.
(d) That Daneel be gone out of their house.

4. What happened to Enderby three days earlier?
(a) He broke his glasses.
(b) He was robbed.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He was demoted.

5. What can the women do if they cannot accept Lije's statement?
(a) Protest with the government.
(b) Tell Lije's boss.
(c) Leave the store.
(d) Buy shoes under protest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lije explain to the women?

2. With what is Lije content?

3. What is one clue that makes Lije think Daneel is human?

4. What was not done according to Lije?

5. Under what circumstances will the Spacers allow an investigation and will not send a report to their Outerworlds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Spacers want Earthmen to accept robots among them?

2. What is it about R. Daneel that makes it difficult for Lije to believe Daneel is not human?

3. Does it seem Jessie's uneasiness about R. Daneel is her peculiar belief or do others share her sentiments?

4. What is disconcerting about Jesse's announcement after she comes home from a night out?

5. How are robots used by Earthmen versus Spacers?

6. What does Jesse want and what is Lije's response? Is Jesse justified in her request?

7. What is Lije subjected to again as he enters Spacetown?

8. Often foreshadowing is not apparent until later, but there are usually reasons an author mentions something trivial because it foreshadows something later: What is one thing that may be foreshadowing?

9. Why did Dr. Sarton engage in robotic research?

10. What is Lije's rationale for believing Dr. Sarton is not dead, but that the Spacers want the Earthmen to believe Dr. Sarton is murdered by a City dweller?

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