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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the time machine leaves the rain forest and heads back to Cambridge, a knock on the door reveals Michael standing there with what?
(a) Scuba equipment.
(b) A tray of sushi.
(c) Large bowling pins.
(d) A wheelbarrow.

2. After Richard comes out of hypnosis, where does Dirk take him to talk about what he learned during the session?
(a) The canal.
(b) The pool.
(c) A tea shop.
(d) A pizza place.

3. Reg explains to Richard, Dirk, and the alien ghost that the dodo would not have become extinct had he not done what?
(a) Fallen in love with Susan.
(b) Placed the salt shaker inside the old Greek pot.
(c) Moved the horse out of his bathroom.
(d) Saved a prehistoric fish.

4. As the Electric Monk's belief in a door in the valley solidifies into the notion that the Door is The Way, what happens?
(a) The world turns purple.
(b) He finds the door.
(c) His horse disappears.
(d) Snow starts to fall.

5. The ancient alien ghost that has possessed Michael Wenton-Weakes had been driven mad by what?
(a) The annoying lectures he heard while haunting the campus.
(b) The rising price of petrol.
(c) The distinction between green and black tea.
(d) The knowledge of what he'd done after the accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to stop the alien ghost from preventing life from starting on Earth, Richard, Reg and Dirk travel forward to:

2. In Chapter 28, Reg explains that for several months he hadn't been using the time machine because:

3. In Chapter 4, Richard MacDuff attends a dinner held in honor of whom?

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?

5. When Dirk listens to the answering machine tape found in Richard's apartment, he realizes that:

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