Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sits next to three drunk men on a train that is full of party revelers from a wedding?
(a) Michael.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Susan.
(d) Reg.

2. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?
(a) Faint windy noise.
(b) Loud electric guitar.
(c) Rhythmic clicking.
(d) Cats meowing.

3. When Dirk listens to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment, he realizes that:
(a) Gordon may still be alive somewhere.
(b) He might be named a suspect if he's not careful.
(c) He doesn't know what he's looking for.
(d) Richard couldn't possibly be connected to Gordon's murder.

4. Richard presses Reg to explain how he got the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, and Reg replies that:
(a) He hasn't the slightest idea how he did it.
(b) He mentally rearranged the atoms.
(c) He got the man who made the pot to put it in.
(d) It would take months to explain it.

5. When Michael Wenton-Weakes digs into his wastebasket, he pulls out a copy of the magazine Fathom and finds what?
(a) Ad for Electronic Monks.
(b) Ad for Dirk's agency.
(c) Article about Susan.
(d) Article written by Richard.

6. When Richard goes to Susan's place to comfort her after her brother's death, he finds her doing what?
(a) Playing the cello.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Staring out the window.
(d) Looking at photo albums.

7. The ancient alien ghost that has possessed Michael Wenton-Weakes had been driven mad by what?
(a) The distinction between green and black tea.
(b) The rising price of petrol.
(c) The annoying lectures he heard while haunting the campus.
(d) The knowledge of what he'd done after the accident.

8. When Michael, possessed by the alien ghost, leaves the time machine and heads toward the tower, what is he wearing?
(a) Scuba gear.
(b) Space suit.
(c) Red tie.
(d) Angel wings.

9. Reg explains to Richard, Dirk, and the alien ghost that the dodo would not have become extinct had he not done what?
(a) Placed the salt shaker inside the old Greek pot.
(b) Fallen in love with Susan.
(c) Saved a prehistoric fish.
(d) Moved the horse out of his bathroom.

10. The ghost explains that he was able to enter Samuel Taylor Coleridge's mind when he was what?
(a) An old man.
(b) On laudanum.
(c) A toddler.
(d) In love.

11. When Michael Wenton-Weakes wakes up in a strange mood, he realizes that he had just dreamed about what?
(a) Mud, loneliness, and strange crawling creatures.
(b) Horses, pastures, and freedom.
(c) Radios, mixed messages, and purple flowers.
(d) Sand, sun, and surf.

12. After Dirk saves the whole human race from extinction, what does he crave?
(a) A slice of apple pie.
(b) An orange.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A pizza.

13. What does Sergeant Gilks determine after listening to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment?
(a) Dirk's connection to Gordon.
(b) The reason for Reg's reluctance to talk about Gordon.
(c) Richard's reason for wanting Gordon dead.
(d) Gordon's time of death.

14. What does the ghost say about possessing Michael?
(a) Michael is a twit who deserves to be haunted.
(b) No harm will come to him.
(c) No one will miss him.
(d) Michael will never be the same again.

15. At the end of the book, Richard has a phone conversation with Reg during which he learns that:
(a) Dirk took the time machine into the future.
(b) Gordon managed to leave Reg a message before vanishing.
(c) Reg took the Electric Monk and his horse back to their home.
(d) Reg is no longer in love with Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was trying to use Dirk's agency telephone to make a call to Susan?

2. Where does Reg go to get face powder to conceal his tan?

3. While Dirk, Reg, and Richard try to figure out what's behind all the strange recent events, who shows up at the gates of St. Cedd's carrying a large nylon bag?

4. Reg replies "You're standing in it" in response to Dirk's question of where is the what?

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

(see the answer keys)

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