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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While Richard drives and leaves a lengthy message of apology on Susan's answering machine, he swerves because he sees what?
(a) The specter of Gordon Way.
(b) A horse and strange-looking monk.
(c) A purple spaceship.
(d) Reg's time machine.

3. Dirk tells Richard that under hypnosis, he was able to remember details he's not even aware of consciously, including a full description of what?
(a) Sarah's dress.
(b) Reg's horse.
(c) Susan's apartment.
(d) Gordon's car.

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

5. When Richard leafs through the phone book looking for Dirk Gently's phone number, he:
(a) Finds it under Dirk's former name.
(b) Has trouble finding it.
(c) Finds twelve different numbers under the same name.
(d) Discovers that pages are missing from the phone book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded WayForward Technologies?

2. After Gordon dies and steps out of his body, what does he find surprising?

3. 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?

4. When Richard returns from doing an errand, he finds Dirk on the phone defending a trip to Bermuda, claiming that while he was there he successfully did what?

5. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?

(see the answer key)

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