The Martian
What country is helping NASA rescue Watney ?
China
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Gloria is upset in the story "Robbie" when...
her mother got rid of Robbie
What incident does Enfield reveal to Utterson in chapter 1 about Mr Hyde?
The story of Mr Hyde jumping over a girls body
What is Watney growing in the HAB ?
Potatoes
What is the 1st Law of Robotics?
robots cannot harm or allow harm to come to humans.
What are the Morlocks afraid of?
They are afraid of fire.
What happened to the supply probe Iris ?
It exploded
Francis Quinn wanted to prove that his opponent was a robot because he wanted
to win an election
Who's Mr. Poole?
Dr. Jekyll's butler
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Where is the airlock in the beginning of Chapter 14? How did it get there ?
The airlock breached or tore away from the HAB. It is about 50 meters away from the HAB.
Herbie, in "Liar!" was a special robot because he
could read minds
What does the time traveler show the group at the beginning of the story?
A model of his time machine.
Give 1 reason that Mindy Parks thinks that Watney is still alive.
Any of these answers will be acceptable:
The solar cells are cleaned off
The Pop Up tents have been opened
The Rover has been moved
The MDv and the MAV have been disassembled
The Brain's personality could be BEST described as
child-like
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What happens in the month of October, 18th?
Sir. Danvers Carew is murdered by Hyde
Explain how Watney communicates with Morse code.
He uses rocks to form the dots and dashes of the letters. NASA sees his messages on satellite pictures.
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Clavin thinks that robots make the ideal civil servants because...
they are bound by the three laws.
What was the name of the friend the time traveler met in Chapter 5 and how did he meet her?
Weena. He saved her from drowning.
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What position did Watney have on the Ares 3 Crew ?
He was a botanist and he studied plants.
The reason that Herbie lied to human beings in "Liar!" was because
he didn't want to hurt them.
What was happening to Jekyll towards the end of the story in regards to the transformations?
He was transforming involutarily
How does Mark get the airlock closer to the HAB ?
He throws his body against the walls of the airlock and rolls the airlock until it is closer to the HAB.
invented positronic brain; founded US Robots
Lawrence Robertson
What did the dial on the time machine read? (The year)
802701
How long does it take a message to get from Watney to Earth and then back to Watney with an answer ?
11 minutes 1 way but the question is asking for a round trip message time which will be a minimum of 22 minutes.
How does Powell snap the robots out of their bizarre behavior at the end of the story "Catch That Rabbit"?
he shoots one of the subsidiary robots to decrease the personal initiative load.
Who compares the handwriting of the letter that Hyde apparently wrote to Jekyll?
Mr. Guest compares it to Dr. Jekyll's writing
What event happens at the start of Chapter 6 ?
Watney's public memorial
Why have 12 of the robots in "Little Lost Robot" been given altered 1st laws?
to allow humans to work in gamma rays
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What did the time traveler find in the green palace?
He found an iron bar, matches, dynamite and camphor.