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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 is Baley's trademark expletive?
(a) Jehoshaphat!
(b) Leaping lizards!
(c) Shazam!
(d) Heavens above!

2. Who reacts quickly to rescue Baley from a situation during the ship's descent?
(a) Bentley.
(b) Fastolfe.
(c) Daneel.
(d) Giskard.

3. What unnerves Baley about examining Jander's body?
(a) It is so hard like rigor mortis.
(b) It is so mechanical looking.
(c) It is so human-like.
(d) It is so cold.

4. What does Giskard have that assures Daneel he has not been substituted?
(a) A failsafe destruct mechanism.
(b) Daneel is always with him.
(c) A voice print.
(d) An infrared identification plate.

5. What is the Outside work party led by Elijah Baley planning to do?
(a) Organize a Spacer garden.
(b) Rebuild houses after a hurricane.
(c) Train robots to work outside the domes.
(d) Colonize another world

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of his nervousness, what event does Baley barely notice on board the Auroran spaceship?

2. What happens to Baley as he observes the ship's descent to Aurora?

3. Like the Personal, what irritates Baley about Fastolfe's home?

4. What strange thing does Baley do upon reuniting with Daneel?

5. Who brings Baley the astrosimulator of his own volition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify the difference between Outside on Aurora and Outside on Earth.

2. Define the line of questioning for which Baley gets no information from the robots who are guarding him.

3. Describe the impact on the weather as Baley goes about trying to prove Fastolfe's innocence.

4. In what way did Fastolfe go against tradition to raise his daughter, Vasilia?

5. What is the odd thing about the Aurorans dislike for Earth?

6. Why does Daneel allow Baley to give him a hug which has no meaning to a robot?

7. How does Gladia shock Baley when she tells him about her life on Aurora?

8. Even though Jander was in someone else's possession at the time of his death, why is Fastolfe a prime suspect?

9. How does Baley have to deal with Daneel in conversation?

10. What is the nature of the case Baley is called upon to solve on planet Aurora?

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