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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baley hate to see?
(a) The food on the ship.
(b) The sparse accomdations on the ship.
(c) That is partner is a woman.
(d) A robot doing a human's job.

2. What does Baley ask Gladia about Gruer?
(a) If Gruer has "seen" Gladia since the murder.
(b) Who Gruer thinks murdered Gladia's husband.
(c) Why Gruer has not made Gladia move since the murder.
(d) Who Gruer thinks murdered Gladia's nephew.

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

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

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

6. How does Gladia respond to Baley's question?
(a) That she got a quick glimpse of someone running away.
(b) That she did not commit the murder.
(c) That she would never consider protecting a murderer.
(d) That she is fairly sure she knows the murderer.

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

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

9. Where is Solaria?
(a) A sanitarium on Earth.
(b) In the Andromeda Galaxy.
(c) Near the outer limits of the Milky Way.
(d) A place off world from Earth.

10. With what does Olivaw believe Earth inhabitants have problems?
(a) He has no opinion about earth dwellers.
(b) Being out in the open.
(c) Planets that are hostile to robots.
(d) Space travel.

11. What part of the robot that Baley wants to examine is damaged?
(a) The positronic brain.
(b) The circuits that run the movement mechanisms.
(c) The cortex.
(d) The digits.

12. What does Gladia say about when she "sees" her husband?
(a) They always see each other.
(b) They never see each other.
(c) They do so when scheduled.
(d) They see each other twice a year on national holidays.

13. Who is Albert Minnim?
(a) The Undersecretary.
(b) A robot.
(c) Another detective.
(d) The President.

14. What does Baley realize about the Solaria's inhabitant's attitude towards Olivaw?
(a) They do not know he is a robot.
(b) They are angry that a robot is sent to their home world.
(c) They like robots because they do not cause trouble.
(d) They are indifferent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it unusual for a person from Earth to travel to Solaria?

2. Of what is Gladia certain?

3. In what state does Gladia find her husband?

4. From what planet is the person joining Baley?

5. Who does Gruer think is the murderer?

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