1. The Electric Monk has taken Gordon's body back to his cottage as a sacred duty, but he doesn't understand why Gordon didn't get back up the way:
(a) People get up after sleeping.
(b) Electric Monks always get back up.
(c) People do on TV in his world.
(d) His horse gets up after being shot.

2. Dirk insists on talking about Richard's sofa with him because he firmly believes that:
(a) Someone has hidden a message inside the sofa.
(b) All things are fundamentally interconnected.
(c) The sofa is an alien in disguise.
(d) All conversations lead to answers.

3. When he was living, what did the alien ghost driven to madness hope to accomplish on Earth?
(a) Open an etiquette school.
(b) Establish a utopian paradise.
(c) Meet the smartest human on the planet.
(d) Change the value of pi.

4. 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) Susan's apartment.
(b) Gordon's car.
(c) Reg's horse.
(d) Sarah's dress.

5. Who tells Richard that Gordon was murdered?
(a) Reg.
(b) Susan.
(c) Michael.
(d) Dirk.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. At the opening of Chapter 4, Richard MacDuff is walking across the campus of St. Cedd's with whom?

4. When Richard visits Susan to comfort her after Gordon's death, the phone rings; Richard answers it and hears what?

5. Why does Richard MacDuff dislike Michael Wenton-Weakes?

(see the answer key)

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