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

2. What is Lije's real name?
(a) Lije.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Ellijaman.
(d) Lijemas.

3. What did Roj Nemennuh Sarton think would produce a world like the one the Spacers wanted?
(a) Terraforming.
(b) The integration of robots with human society.
(c) Everyone going vegetarian.
(d) Creating androids that actually could reproduce.

4. What is Lije's response to Jesse's fears?
(a) That Jesse's job is safe as long as Lije helps Enderby.
(b) That she is being childish.
(c) That she is still young enough for another child.
(d) That Lije is safer as a cop than in many other professions.

5. What does Daneel say will happen to the next person who takes action against a robot?
(a) The person will be arrested.
(b) The person will be confined for a week in a robot factory.
(c) The person will have to live with the Spacers for 6 months.
(d) The person will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dr. Fastolfe?

2. What does Dr. Fastolfe say about Daneel's entire make up?

3. How do guards address Lije at the entrance to Spacetown?

4. How are the Spacers vulnerable?

5. What would Lije like as far as getting to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possible theme is already apparent in this first chapter?

2. Why do you think Bentley seems conflicted about R. Daneel?

3. What do you think could be an advantage if a clerk who is serving you were a robot?

4. What does Lije observe about R. Daneel and what might be the implication of this observation?

5. Why is R. Daneel so different from other robots?

6. What are a couple differences between the City where Lije lives and Spacetown?

7. How did Lije meet Jesse, his wife, and what about their names may foreshadow something further in the story?

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

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

10. Why does Lije request Enderby to be a witness to a conversation Lije is about to have with Dr. Fastolfe and R. Daneel?

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