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

2. What is important to the inhabitants of Solaria?
(a) Their robots.
(b) The cultural mores.
(c) The foods they produce.
(d) Their family ties.

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

4. What does Albert tell Baley he must do when he goes off world?
(a) Take his camera.
(b) Get all his innoculations.
(c) Take his own rations.
(d) Take note of everything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Baley think on the plane?

2. To what does Baley say he must become accustomed?

3. What does Gladia say about when she "sees" her husband?

4. How many other humans are in the house when the murder occurs?

5. What does Gladia do when she finds her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Elijah Baley.

2. Who is the Undersecretary and what does he order Baley to do and why?

3. What does Gladia tell Elijah about her relationship with her husband?

4. What does Gruer tell Elijah about the murder case?

5. What happens to Gruer while Elijah is communicating with him and what does Elijah do?

6. What shocks Baley about his first communication with Gladia, and how does she explain the situation? What is Elijah's response?

7. Discuss the laws of robotics.

8. How do people on the Outer Worlds view Earthmen?

9. Who meets Elijah at Solaria and what does he realize from the meeting?

10. How is the Earth encased, and how does that make Elijah feel?

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