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Where are the planetary base and the housing facilites?
Inside the only Dome in the planter, which is very large.
Who assigned Sam Chase to the Energy Planet?
The Central Computer.
Who is in charge of the trainees at the Dome?
Donal Gentry. He has not been to Earth in two years.
What to the aliens feel?
Fear and despair. Humans were destroying their home.
Why does Gentry want to speak to him?
He was followed and they have him on tape talking to himself. They believe he had a hallucination.
Who damaged the Commander´s mind causing his depression?
The aliens.
What is the genre of the story?
science fiction
Who is the author?
Isaac Asimov
Who is the main character?
Sam Chase, a fifteen year old.
Where is Sam sent in his fifteenth birthday?
Energy Planet
How long will he be there?
Three years away from Earth
Is Sam happy with this assignment?
He wanted an assignment in neourophysiology and not gravitational engineering.
Why is there opposition on Earth to the project?
1. it is too expensive
2 It is dangerous.
3. The commander is not well.
Who tells Chase about the hallucinations and how does he react?
Gentry tells Chase. Sam is very interested to learn more. He wants to investigate why people had the hallucinations.
Who is Sam´s roommate?
Robert Gilette. He is sixteen and he hast to stay grounded because he has a broken arm.
How much time dos Sam is permitted to have outside the Dome?
Three hours.
What does he see at first?
A cow
What is the second thing he sees?
Other Sam
What are those things he sees?
They are not hallucinations, but the aliens that
How does the corridor master react when he receives Sam at the Dome?
He is mad at Sam. He barely made in time and Gentry wants to speak to him.
What does Sam want before going back to Earth?
A meeting with the Commander. a
What forms do the aliens take?
The form of a brain and they fix the Commander´s brain.
Who are the aliens?
Many insects that come together to form an intelligent being.
What is decided at the end?
Humans will leave the planet. Few of them, like Sam, will stay behind in the dome to study the brain. The other will built stations near the neutron star.
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