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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate Anselm, a programmer, tell Richard when she calls him as he's hunting for Dirk Gently's phone number?
(a) She can't finish her work.
(b) She can't reach Susan.
(c) She can't finish her dinner.
(d) She can't reach Gordon.

2. When Richard and Dirk visit Reg, why does Dirk prompt Richard to ask about the conjuring trick?
(a) Dirk wants to learn how to do this trick.
(b) To get Reg to confirm what Dirk already knows.
(c) To get Richard to break the ice between them.
(d) Dirk is too shy to ask about it himself.

3. One of Dirk's roommates notices that he's reciting what while he sleeps?
(a) Phone numbers of everyone on campus.
(b) Ingredients of secret recipes.
(c) Questions on upcoming midterms.
(d) Songs written thousands of years ago.

4. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?
(a) He's startled by a noise.
(b) Poltergeist.
(c) His hands fell asleep.
(d) Time warp.

5. When Richard calls L'Esprit d'Escalier, what does he find out?
(a) Nobody carries this computer model any longer.
(b) The cruise ship is retired from the fleet.
(c) Reservations have to be made three weeks in advance.
(d) After a third robbery, the jewelry store has shut down.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gordon Way related to Susan, the cellist?

2. The individual sitting with drunk men on the train full of party revelers is haunted by an ancient ghost who says that:

3. When a client calls Dirk to complain about charges, Dirk writes a note to Richard asking him to go get what?

4. Reg's explanation of his magic tricks reveals that he has been:

5. After Dirk finally stops talking on the phone and welcomes Richard to his agency, he indicates that the light from the window works, gravity works, but with everything else, they simply have to:

(see the answer key)

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