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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Gladia's husband has "seen" anyone besides herself?
(a) About three years ago.
(b) Since he was a boy.
(c) Never.
(d) Two weeks earlier.

2. What is said about the Outer Worlds' military power?
(a) It is non-existent.
(b) It is stronger than the earth in air power, but less so in infantry power.
(c) It is tiny compared to earth.
(d) It is far superior to Earth's.

3. What do the people on the Outer Worlds believe about Earthmen?
(a) That they are violent.
(b) That they are to be revered as the origin of the human species.
(c) That they are nasty and covered in germs.
(d) That they are culturally superior.

4. Who do the people on Solaria visit with each other?
(a) Through the tube.
(b) Through computer links.
(c) Through holographs.
(d) In person only.

5. What upsets Baley about the way he must question people on Solaria?
(a) That he cannot see them in person.
(b) That they only speak through mediators.
(c) That he can only speak to them one on one in person.
(d) That the tube distorts people's images.

6. What weapon is found in the house where the human is murdered?
(a) None.
(b) A sword.
(c) A flechette.
(d) A mace.

7. What does Olivaw tell Bailey?
(a) The facts of the case.
(b) Why Baley is chosent for the investigaton.
(c) The facts about Solaria.
(d) The facts about Aurora.

8. How many robots work on Solaria?
(a) 200,000,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) None.

9. What is the approximate population of Solaria?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 20,000,000.

10. What does the robot record?
(a) The victime acknowledging his death.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The hand of the killer.
(d) The back of the head of the killer.

11. What does it seem that the inhabitants on Aurora intend regarding Olivaw?
(a) They do not seem to have any particular plan.
(b) That the Solarians choose to open their planet to robots.
(c) That the Solarians are provoked into hostile action by Olivaw's presence.
(d) That the Solarians think he is human.

12. What does Baley want to examine?
(a) The robot in the room where the victim is murdered.
(b) The young man who was in the room where the victim is murdered.
(c) The viewer which was in the room where the victim is murdered.
(d) The teleporter which was in the room where the victim is murdered.

13. What does Gladia ask about Baley and Olivaw?
(a) If they are partners.
(b) If they could reach out and touch each other.
(c) If they would "see" her.
(d) If they are human.

14. What are programmed into every robot?
(a) Ways to disable themselves if they become a threat.
(b) The Immutable Laws of Physics.
(c) The Laws of Robotics.
(d) Facts about all the inhabited worlds.

15. About what is Baley nervous?
(a) The sense of urgency implied with his summons.
(b) His new boss.
(c) His son's testing.
(d) His wife's pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Gladia to go to her husband?

2. What happens to the evidence in the murder case?

3. What does Baley realize about the Solaria's inhabitant's attitude towards Olivaw?

4. Where is the victim's body?

5. What encases the people on Earth?

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