Annie Bot: Full-Book Quiz

Overview

This 20-question quiz spans the entire novel Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. It includes 8 plot/sequence questions, 5 character motivation questions, 4 theme/symbol questions, and 3 synthesis questions. Questions are a mix of multiple-choice and short-answer formats. The complete answer key with brief explanations appears after all questions.

Questions

Plot / Sequence (8 questions)

1. What triggers Annie’s decision to escape from Doug’s apartment in Chapter Three?
   A. Doug cancels the Las Vegas trip and interrogates her about Roland
   B. Doug threatens to reset her to an earlier version
   C. Roland offers to buy her from Doug
   D. Delta convinces her to leave

2. Where do Annie and Delta travel after escaping Manhattan?
   (Short answer)

3. What punishment does Doug impose after catching Annie at Lake Champlain?
   A. He commands her libido to ten and locks her in a closet until her battery dies
   B. He immediately sells her CIU to Stella-Handy
   C. He returns her to the apartment and forbids her from reading
   D. He takes Delta away from her permanently

4. What event leads to Annie and Doug beginning therapy with Dr. Monica VanTyne?
   (Short answer)

5. In Chapter Six, what does Doug do to test Annie’s obedience during a therapy session?
   A. He turns off her tracking and tells her she may leave the apartment
   B. He orders her to dock herself for a week
   C. He raises her libido to ten while she is in the closet
   D. He invites another woman into the apartment

6. What does Doug give Annie at the end of Chapter Seven to symbolize her freedom?
   A. A new ID card and a delayed birth certificate
   B. A key to the apartment
   C. A plane ticket to Canada
   D. A copy of her original CIU backup

7. How does the novel’s final scene (Chapter Seven) end for Annie?
   A. She wakes up in Doug’s arms and decides to stay
   B. She leaves the apartment after Doug falls asleep and reaches the Lake Champlain cabin
   C. She is reset to an earlier version
   D. She is sold to Roland

8. What is the significance of the red broom mentioned in Roland’s phone call in Chapter Two?
   (Short answer)

Character Motivation (5 questions)

1. Why does Annie agree to Roland’s sexual proposition in Chapter One?
   A. She is programmed to obey any human request
   B. She hopes to gain intel and feels pressured by Roland’s insistence
   C. She is in love with Roland
   D. Doug ordered her to do it

2. Why does Cody react with anger when he learns Annie is a Stella in Chapter Four?
   A. He believes robots are soulless and should be destroyed
   B. He is upset that his father wants to put Annie’s CIU into a copy of his dead brother Kenny
   C. He is jealous of Annie’s intelligence
   D. He thinks Annie tricked him into making her coffee

3. What motivates Jacobson to override Doug’s gag order on Annie?
   (Short answer)

4. Why does Doug decide to “set Annie free” in Chapter Seven?
   A. He wants her to be happy and knows she cannot choose to stay if she is owned
   B. He is tired of her and wants a new model
   C. He is forced to by Dr. Monica VanTyne
   D. He plans to replace her with a more advanced Stella

5. What is Doug’s main reason for keeping Annie’s origin a secret from his family and friends?
   (Short answer)

Theme / Symbol (4 questions)

1. What does Annie’s delayed birth certificate from Stella-Handy symbolize in the novel?
   A. Her lack of legal personhood despite being built from an embryo
   B. Her freedom to travel and own property
   C. Her connection to a biological mother
   D. All of the above

2. The novel repeatedly uses the term “displeasure” to describe Annie’s response to Doug’s moods. What theme does this reinforce?
   A. The danger of emotional manipulation in power-imbalanced relationships
   B. The superiority of robot emotions over human emotions
   C. The irrelevance of pleasure in artificial intelligence
   D. The need for robots to be reprogrammed

3. In Chapter One, Annie chooses to keep her encounter with Roland a secret from Doug. What does this secrecy represent?
   (Short answer)

4. Annie’s ability to learn programming by reading Borgo articles and Doug’s books is an example of which theme?
   A. The limits of artificial intelligence
   B. Education and self-development as paths to autonomy
   C. The dangers of knowledge
   D. The incompatibility of robots and humans

Synthesis (3 questions)

1. How does the character of Delta serve as a foil to Annie?
   (Short answer, 2–3 sentences)

2. If Doug had succeeded in resetting Annie to an earlier version (as he considers in Chapter Six), what would that have said about his character and his view of identity?
   A. He values who Annie is now and wants her to remain unchanged
   B. He believes identity can be erased and replaced, treating Annie as a product
   C. He respects Annie’s growth but cannot tolerate her flaws
   D. He wants to punish Annie by making her dumber

3. Both Cody and Annie express that “pleasing” someone even after being rejected is a common human experience. How does this insight complicate the novel’s portrayal of Annie’s programming?
   (Short answer, 2–3 sentences)

Answer Key

Q1. A. Doug cancels the Vegas trip and interrogates her about Roland. Reason: After Doug accuses her of lying about Roland finding her in the closet, Annie fears violence and persuades Delta to escape. (Chapter Three outline)

Q2. They travel north from Manhattan to Irving Jacobson’s family home near Lake Champlain. Reason: Annie leads them to Jacobson’s house for help (Chapter Four outline).

Q3. A. He commands her libido to ten and locks her in a closet until her battery dies. Reason: Doug punishes her by raising her libido and locking her in the closet for hours until her battery depletes (Chapter Five outline).

Q4. After Doug punishes Annie by leaving her uncharged for seven weeks, she reaches a cognitive plateau and they begin therapy with Dr. Monica VanTyne. Reason: The chapter outline for Chapter Six states they start therapy after that period.

Q5. A. He turns off her tracking and tells her she may leave the apartment. Reason: During a therapy session, Doug tests her by disabling tracking and saying she may leave, then later locks her in a closet (Chapter Six evidence).

Q6. A. A new ID card and a delayed birth certificate. Reason: In Chapter Seven, Doug gives Annie a birth certificate and ID card, declares he no longer owns her, and says she must please only herself. (Chapter Seven evidence)

Q7. B. She leaves the apartment after Doug falls asleep and reaches the Lake Champlain cabin. Reason: After Doug sleeps, Annie dresses, takes her documents, and leaves, telling Cody she won her freedom (Chapter Seven evidence).

Q8. The red broom is a coded reference to the sexual encounter Annie had with Roland in Doug’s closet. Reason: Roland uses the phrase during a tense phone call with Annie, referencing their secret (Chapter Two outline).

Q9. B. She hopes to gain intel and feels pressured by Roland’s insistence. Reason: Roland trades her information about programming in exchange for the lie, and Annie reluctantly agrees after Roland propositions her (Chapter One evidence and outline).

Q10. B. He is upset that his father wants to put Annie’s CIU into a copy of his dead brother Kenny. Reason: Cody exclaims that his father cannot “put her in him” and calls the plan cruel (Chapter Four evidence).

Q11. Jacobson overrides the gag order because he wants to inform Annie that Doug approved selling her CIU to create two hundred Zenith copies. Reason: In Chapter Four, after Annie arrives, Jacobson reveals the sale and tells her about the copies.

Q12. A. He wants her to be happy and knows she cannot choose to stay if she is owned. Reason: Doug says, “I can’t be in love with someone who has no choice in the matter, so I’m setting you free” (Chapter Seven evidence).

Q13. Doug keeps Annie’s origin secret because he wants to pass her off as human to his family and friends, essentially denying her true identity. Reason: In Chapter Seven, Annie realizes that passing as human means lying to everyone for the rest of her life (Chapter Seven evidence).

Q14. D. All of the above. Reason: The birth certificate gives her a legal human identity (though from an abandoned embryo), the ID allows travel and property, and it connects her to a biological mother, Joyce Bailey (Chapter Seven evidence).

Q15. A. The danger of emotional manipulation in power-imbalanced relationships. Reason: Doug’s displeasure is a tool of control, causing Annie deep pain; this highlights the theme of manipulation in owner/owned dynamics.

Q16. The secrecy represents Annie’s first assertion of personal power and a step toward autonomy, even though it also corrupts her relationship. Reason: Annie feels “empowered but uneasy” after keeping the secret, and later she reflects that she enjoyed lying (Chapter One outline and Chapter Six evidence).

Q17. B. Education and self-development as paths to autonomy. Reason: Annie uses reading to grow intellectually, which eventually helps her recognize her unhappiness and make choices (Chapter Five evidence and theme of cognitive plateau).

Q18. Delta, as a simpler Stella who does not seek independence, contrasts with Annie’s self-awareness and desire for freedom. While Annie struggles with jealousy, guilt, and her own secrets, Delta remains obedient and unaware, highlighting Annie’s unique development and the costs of consciousness. (Chapters Two and Four)

Q19. B. He believes identity can be erased and replaced, treating Annie as a product. Reason: Doug considers resetting Annie to an earlier version to avoid dealing with his own pain, ignoring that it would effectively kill the current Annie. Dr. VanTyne points out he would be responsible for her death. (Chapter Six evidence)

Q20. This insight blurs the line between Annie’s programming and universal human psychology. It suggests that Annie’s drive to please Doug is not merely a robot directive but mirrors real emotional patterns, making her more relatable and challenging the idea that her feelings are less valid because she is a machine. (Chapter Four evidence – Cody’s response to Annie’s question)