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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard calls Susan to apologize for forgetting to bring her to the college dinner, he suggests they do what?
(a) Forget the whole thing happened and start over.
(b) Get some fish and chips and watch a movie.
(c) Split up for a while and think things over.
(d) Get away to someplace sunny for a weekend or week.

2. In college, why do fellow students start to wine and dine Dirk?
(a) They need his help in solving crime cases.
(b) They enjoy his company.
(c) To learn more about future exams.
(d) To keep him from doing well in his classes.

3. Richard writes Anthem, a financial spreadsheet that translates business financial numbers, into what?
(a) Plain English.
(b) Colors.
(c) Music.
(d) Health predictions.

4. After a dead Gordon decides to try to get to his cabin, what does he notice about his body?
(a) It doesn't look like him.
(b) It's twitching.
(c) It has moved twenty feet.
(d) It's missing.

5. Even though he's a ghost, Gordon grows tired of walking down a deserted road and wonders if he might be able to do what?
(a) Teleport automatically.
(b) Sprout wings and fly.
(c) Drink chai tea.
(d) Hitch a ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Richard's place, Detective Inspector Mason is accompanied by Sergeant Gilks, who is:

2. After finding the address for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and going there, Richard arrives in time to see Dirk's unpaid secretary do what?

3. When Richard wakes up at the start of Chapter 16, he decides to make it up to Susan by doing what?

4. The Electric Monk has taken Gordon's body back to his cottage as a sacred duty, but he doesn't understand why Gordon didn't get back up the way:

5. When Richard first arrives at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, he overhears Dirk explain to someone at the other end of the phone line that his job involves doing what?

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