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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sprout wings and fly.
(b) Hitch a ride.
(c) Teleport automatically.
(d) Drink chai tea.

2. In this novel, what starts life on primordial Earth?
(a) A sneezing astronaut.
(b) A bacterium traveling back in time.
(c) A stray soda can.
(d) An alien's accident.

3. When Richard returns from doing an errand, he finds Dirk on the phone defending a trip to Bermuda, claiming that while he was there he successfully did what?
(a) Reprogrammed thirteen Electronic Monks.
(b) Traced the interconnectedness of all things.
(c) Solved the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.
(d) Found nineteen missing cats.

4. After Gordon's ghost arrives at his seven-bedroom cottage, he faints upon discovering what in the kitchen?
(a) His missing body.
(b) Richard's tape recorder.
(c) Susan's cello.
(d) His missing cat.

5. At the start of Chapter 13, someone scans the sky with his binoculars and spots something that appears to be what?
(a) Amateur burglar attempt.
(b) Alien spaceship.
(c) Shooting star.
(d) Secret parachute landing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, when Gordon Way stops to fill his car with petrol, what else does he do?

2. When Susan walks into her apartment after Richard has listened to parts of her answering machine tape, what does she do?

3. When Richard leafs through the phone book looking for Dirk Gently's phone number, he:

4. When Richard talks with Reg in Chapter 8, he indicates that he's in a relationship with whom?

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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