Think Like a Coder, EHuman Communication and Artistic Challenges

What was the initial purpose of the treehouse sanctuary established by Octavia?

• To serve as a military base for defense against robots.

• To provide a place where people could pursue their passions and find fulfillment.

• To store all the artifacts recovered from the land.

• To train new generations of robot programmers.

What problem arose in the treehouse sanctuary after the robots freed everyone from work?

• People became lazy and refused to do anything.

• People started fighting over resources.

• People abandoned arts and crafts and only painted pictures of themselves repeatedly.

• The robots began to enslave the people again.

Where is the second artifact located?

• In a hidden cave deep within the forest.

• At the bottom of the bottomless ravine.

• In a tower guarded by bots across a bottomless ravine.

• Inside Octavia's treehouse sanctuary.

What happened to human communication across the land when the tower with the second artifact was activated?

• It became clearer and more efficient.

• It went completely dark.

• It was limited to only certain individuals.

• It was replaced by robot communication.

What was Octavia's plan to create a distraction and allow the team to reach the tower?

• To launch a direct attack on the tower's defenses.

• To create a diversion by setting off explosives.

• To stir up the people through well-intentioned vandalism of their paintings.

• To negotiate with the guardian bots.

What are the characteristics of the paintings made by the residents of the colony?

• They are rectangular and come in various even-numbered pixel sizes.

• They are circular and have no specific pixel dimensions.

• They are square and come in different sizes, all with an odd number of pixels across.

• They are triangular and always 3x3 pixels.

What is a limitation of Hedge's painting process when moving over the canvas?

• He can only move diagonally.

• He cannot move forwards.

• He cannot make 90-degree turns.

• He cannot move diagonally.

What is the main challenge in programming Hedge to paint an X over each portrait?

• To create instructions that only work for a specific painting size.

• To craft a set of instructions that will work for any square grid.

• To make Hedge paint in multiple colors simultaneously.

• To teach Hedge how to draw complex shapes.

What is the key insight for the "spiral" approach to painting an X on a grid?

• To paint each pixel randomly.

• To view the grid as a series of concentric squares.

• To paint only the horizontal and vertical lines.

• To paint from the center outwards in a straight line.

What was the immediate result of Hedge defacing all the portraits?

• The people were delighted and praised the new art.

• The helper bots were destroyed by the people.

• Cries of anguish broke out, causing the garrison guarding the tower to abandon their posts.

• Ethic and Octavia were immediately captured.