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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. How does Hiroko dress?
(a) in light clothing and no top
(b) in no clothing
(c) in a body suit
(d) in a short dress

2. What happens as the ship approaches the moon?
(a) The people on the ship lose consciousness.
(b) The ship begins to rock madly in turbulence.
(c) The people on the ship start to feel ill.
(d) The ship's controls are taken over, and the ship is landed.

3. What does the growth live on?
(a) nitrogen
(b) silicon
(c) carbon
(d) oxygen

4. What is the second difference Trevize notes between the planet and other planets?
(a) It has two suns.
(b) It is surrounded by pink clouds.
(c) It has an elongated orbit.
(d) It is covered in desert.

5. How do Solarians discourage visitors?
(a) They have a complex military defense system.
(b) They have warning vessels on a perimeter around the planet.
(c) They have a shield that hides the planet from detection.
(d) They have no cities or buildings above ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trevize hope to find on the next planet, even if there is no life?

2. How does Bliss kill Bander?

3. How does Trevize know Bander is dead?

4. What leads Bliss to Fallom?

5. What does Trevize tell Bliss to do with the child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Bliss able to successfully overpower Bander?

2. Why is Fallom uncomfortable on the island of New Earth?

3. What criticism does Trevize have of the Solarian society?

4. Describe Trevize and Pelorat's important discovery on Melpomenia.

5. What reason does Pelorat think Bliss has for taking Fallom with them?

6. What is Trevize's reasoning for continuing to search for information about Earth, now that he's found the planet and sees that it's radioactive?

7. How does Trevize feel about Fallom?

8. Describe how the travelers plan to find Earth using the locations of the fifty originally colonized worlds.

9. What aspects of the environment on New Earth affect the people's culture?

10. Describe the meals on New Earth.

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