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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ford and Arthur?
(a) They are rescued.
(b) They are sucked into the gravitational pull of a nearby planet.
(c) They find a way back into the ship.
(d) They die in deep space.

2. How does Arthur save the ship?
(a) He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.
(b) He maneuvers the ship so that the missiles collide with an asteroid.
(c) He never really figures out exactly how he did it.
(d) He turns on the Improbability Drive.

3. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?
(a) Highly improbably
(b) The probability is unknown.
(c) Very probably
(d) Problematically probably

4. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
(a) An interstellar freighter
(b) A passing Teaser
(c) The Space Trucker
(d) The Starship Heart of Gold

5. What part of an Antarean parakeet is a revolting delicacy?
(a) The gland
(b) The liver
(c) The gall bladder
(d) The feet

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Zaphod and Arthur met before?

2. Which character has something odd about him or her, like they are missing something?

3. What type of drive is the conventional engine of the Heart of Gold?

4. What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?

5. What is Trillian's only link with Earth?

(see the answer key)

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