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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why won't Olivaw open the top of the car?
(a) He cannot do something that may harm a human.
(b) The car has no top.
(c) He does not know how.
(d) The car's top is already open.

3. Why do people feel comfortable looking any way when using a viewer?
(a) Because a viewer does not entail smell or feel.
(b) Because it is not considered polite to look at the person with whom one is chatting on a viewer.
(c) Because it is a very relaxed culture.
(d) Because the viewer is only for voice; not visual.

4. What does Daneel think Gladia is trying to do?
(a) Manipulate them.
(b) Welcome them.
(c) Make them look foolish.
(d) Make them leave the planet.

5. Who takes care of Gladia after she finds her husband?
(a) Her maid.
(b) Robots.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her son.

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

7. Who does Gruer think is the murderer?
(a) He has no idea.
(b) Gladia's grown son.
(c) Gladia's nephew's wife.
(d) Gladia.

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

9. Who is Gladia?
(a) A detective on Solaria.
(b) The wife of the murder victim.
(c) The suspect in the murder case.
(d) The President's wife.

10. What is Baley unable to do before he leaves Earth?
(a) Say goodbye to his family.
(b) Pack his own clothing.
(c) Get a clean uniform.
(d) Check out a gun.

11. What does Gruer say Mr. Delmarre may have found?
(a) A very rich vein of titanium.
(b) A way to program robots to kill humans.
(c) Evidence of a conspiracy.
(d) The blueprints to a new type of space craft.

12. In what state does Gladia find her husband?
(a) With another woman.
(b) In disarray.
(c) Drunken.
(d) Bludgeoned to death.

13. What causes Gladia to go to her husband?
(a) He misses a scheduled "seeing."
(b) He rings for her.
(c) He asks her to visit him.
(d) She hears a scream.

14. Why does Baley think Gladia appears to Baley in the state she does?
(a) To make Baley admire her.
(b) To seduce him.
(c) To influence Baley's judgement.
(d) Because she is so distraught.

15. Who is Hannis Gruer?
(a) The head of Solarian security.
(b) The President of Solaria.
(c) The King of Solaria.
(d) The most widely-acclaimed robot designer on the planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the robots to find Gladia after she faints?

2. Of what is Gladia certain?

3. Who is Elijah Baley?

4. What does Baley hate to see?

5. How long has it been since Gladia's husband has "seen" anyone besides herself?

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