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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reg's memory is starting to fade, but he's still good at what?
(a) Magic tricks.
(b) Number recall.
(c) Fruit juggling.
(d) Shakespeare recitations.

2. As a ghostly Gordon makes his way to his cabin, he wonders what will happen to his what?
(a) Sister.
(b) Company.
(c) Body.
(d) Car.

3. Richard accuses Dirk of doing what?
(a) Changing his name to avoid paying taxes.
(b) Running a scam and stealing old ladies' money.
(c) Incorrectly reprogramming Electric Monks.
(d) Killing Gordon and stealing the body.

4. How does the horse regard the Electric Monk that rides it?
(a) It admires and respects the rider greatly.
(b) It is eager to follow the rider's orders.
(c) It feels it is infinitely smarter and more attractive than the rider.
(d) It is tired of putting up with the rider's silly situations.

5. What is the Electric Monk?
(a) An imaginary friend manifesting itself as electricity.
(b) A thief posing as a religious monk.
(c) A robotic spiritual cook.
(d) A device that believes things for people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, who breaks into someone's apartment?

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 calls L'Esprit d'Escalier, what does he find out?

4. In Chapter 12, as a lost Richard drives down the road trying to read his maps, he's also trying to place a phone call with whom?

5. In Chapter 12, after Richard goes home and pours himself a brandy, the author says there are three reasons he starts to shake, including what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why fellow students liked to wine and dine Dirk Gently.

2. How does Richard discover that his boss, Gordon, has been murdered?

3. By the end of the first chapter, what appears to have happened to the tower?

4. In Chapter 2, why is the Electric Monk completely still as he sits atop his horse?

5. Dirk Gently doesn't appear in earnest until about a third of the way into the story. Is he the main character, or is someone else the main character of the story?

6. As Chapter 4 opens, two men are walking towards a dinner on campus honoring Samuel T. Coleridge. Who are these two men?

7. Within the context of breaking into Susan's apartment, explain why Richard appears to be someone who makes poor choices.

8. Why is the Electric Monk confused after killing Gordon?

9. Why and how does Reg entertain Sarah, a bored little girl attending the Coleridge dinner?

10. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, what surprises him about the front door landing?

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