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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Attlebish tell Baley about Gruer?
(a) That he is still alive.
(b) He thinks Gruer is from Aurora.
(c) He does not know Gruer.
(d) He is Gruer's brother and Gladia's sister.

2. What does Baley tell Klorissa about his suspect list?
(a) That she is on it.
(b) That it is incomplete.
(c) That it is inaccurate.
(d) That it is complete.

3. Why does Attlebish have to back down?
(a) He does not want to antagonize Aurora.
(b) Baley proves Gruer was poisoned.
(c) His boss tells him to do so.
(d) Olivaw has a dispensation from the President of Solaria.

4. Who is Jothan Leebig?
(a) The coroner.
(b) The man with whom Dr. Delmarre had been working with in the area of robotics.
(c) The Planetary Governor.
(d) The Director of the Space Terminal.

5. What does Baley believe about the first law of robotics?
(a) That it is inviolate.
(b) That it helps maintain precedence.
(c) It has been deliberately misquoted in order to hide the fact that robots can commit murder.
(d) That it is a big mistake.

6. What does the child's robot babysitter say about lesser humanoids such as Baley?
(a) They are good subjects for DNA testing.
(b) They are covered in germs and shouldn't be allowed on Solaria.
(c) They are backward in their culture.
(d) They reproduce too much.

7. Why will Daneel not allow Baley to leave the estate?
(a) He thinks Gladia will refuse to see them.
(b) He thinks they can solve the murder through viewing.
(c) He is charged with Baley's safety.
(d) He thinks Attlebish will try to kill them.

8. What did Delmerre ensure?
(a) That the DNA to create a baby belongs to the prospective parents.
(b) That his DNA is perfect.
(c) That his experiments are viable.
(d) That term babies are healthy.

9. From what does Solaria differ?
(a) Mars.
(b) The moon's culture.
(c) The other Outer Worlds.
(d) Earth.

10. What does Gladia want with her husband that he thinks is wrong?
(a) Affection.
(b) Partnership in raising their son.
(c) Partnership in raising their daughter.
(d) Partnership in their finances.

11. What type of models has Leebig been working on?
(a) Molecular.
(b) Robots with removable arms.
(c) Robots with no movable parts.
(d) High fashion.

12. What does Leebig say the distrust of robots is?
(a) Wise.
(b) Understandable.
(c) Mistaken.
(d) A human disease.

13. On what project was Dr. Delmarre working concerning robots?
(a) Creating a robot that could make its own decisions.
(b) He was not working with robots, but rather fetuses.
(c) Creating a robot that could spank children.
(d) Creating a robot that could express love to the children.

14. What does Baley talk with Gladia concerning Gruer?
(a) If he knows who attempted to murder him.
(b) If he is capable of murder.
(c) Who could have poisoned him.
(d) Why he allowed an unknownd human in his home.

15. What does Baley ask Leebig about his partnership with Dr. Delmarre?
(a) If anyone wished Delmarre harm.
(b) If Delmarre planned to end it.
(c) If Delmarre had any other associates.
(d) If Delmarre approved of what Leebig was doing with the robots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leebig say he recently destroyed a robot?

2. Who is Klorissa Cantoro?

3. What does Klorissa Cantoro find disturbing?

4. What does Gladia say about Jothan Leebig?

5. How does Baley say he will conduct the investigation from now on?

(see the answer keys)

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