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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Richard MacDuff say has been stuck in his hallway for three weeks?
(a) Piano.
(b) Sofa.
(c) Queen bed.
(d) Washing machine.

2. Dirk is arrested and thrown out of college for:
(a) Stealing food.
(b) Cheating during finals.
(c) Ridiculing the dean.
(d) Being too smart.

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

4. How does Gordon Way die at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) By shotgun.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Chokes on a cracker.
(d) Falling off a cliff.

5. In Chapter 7, when Gordon Way stops to fill his car with petrol, what else does he do?
(a) Finishes a phone call.
(b) Talks to an unusual cat.
(c) Overfills his tires with air.
(d) Buys a pack of batteries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Reg discusses the matter of getting the salt shaker into the old Greek pot, Dirk explains that:

3. When the Coleridge dinner finally ends, where does Richard MacDuff go?

4. At the end of Chapter 17, what happens as the horse relishes its newfound freedom?

5. One of Dirk's roommates notices that he's reciting what while he sleeps?

(see the answer key)

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