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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Richard start to fall asleep at the dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) He's eaten too much.
(b) Harp music is playing.
(c) The professor has hypnotized him.
(d) A reader is reciting a poem.

2. After waking up from unusual dreams, pondering the events of the night before, and realizing he has no lunch date planned, what does Michael Wenton-Weakes do?
(a) Writes a poem about Gordon Way.
(b) Calls Susan and asks if she's still seeing Richard.
(c) Takes out his cello and starts playing a sad tune.
(d) Goes upstairs and listens to music.

3. After Gordon dies and looks at his body, what upsets him?
(a) The big hole in his chest.
(b) His jewelry is missing.
(c) His clothes don't match.
(d) The stupid expression on his face.

4. 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?
(a) Comparing fingerprints and footprints to find similarities between cases.
(b) Finding a pattern in the holistic interconnectedness of all things.
(c) Tracking down and reprogramming Electronic Monks.
(d) Guessing why horses mysteriously end up in bathrooms.

5. Michael Wenton-Weakes spends much of his time brooding over the loss of what?
(a) His mansion.
(b) His magazine.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a light rain falls on primordial Earth, what is stuck as a river of mud flows past it?

2. Who sits next to three drunk men on a train that is full of party revelers from a wedding?

3. What does Kate Anselm, a programmer, tell Richard when she calls him as he's hunting for Dirk Gently's phone number?

4. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:

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

(see the answer key)

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