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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the little girl at the dinner party in Chapter 4 grows restless and kicks the table, what does her father do?
(a) Orders ice cream for her.
(b) Pretends not to notice.
(c) Laughs loudly.
(d) Scolds her.

2. What command does the college porter give to a "strange priest" who turns out to be the Electric Monk?
(a) Shove off.
(b) Get lost.
(c) Shoot off.
(d) Go fly a kite.

3. When Gordon Way leaves a message on Susan's answering machine, what does he request of her?
(a) To get Dirk on a case immediately.
(b) To get Richard working in earnest on Anthem.
(c) To get Michael to meet with him the following day.
(d) To get Reg to stop doing his conspicuous tricks.

4. At first, Dirk Gently wants to help the roaming alien ghost using what?
(a) Submarine.
(b) Time machine.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Laser.

5. After Richard sees the horse in Reg's bathroom, he leaves and knocks on a neighbor's door. Who answers?
(a) The professor nobody has spoken to in years.
(b) The little girl who kicked the table at the Coleridge dinner.
(c) His ex-boss.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

6. Even though he's a ghost, Gordon grows tired of walking down a deserted road and wonders if he might be able to do what?
(a) Drink chai tea.
(b) Sprout wings and fly.
(c) Teleport automatically.
(d) Hitch a ride.

7. After Dirk Gently calls Richard and scolds him for going to the window and allowing himself to be photographed, he tells Richard to meet him where?
(a) Library.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Pizza place.
(d) Coffee shop.

8. As the Electric Monk sits atop his horse in a valley on a foreign world, he incorrectly believes that the valley is what?
(a) A giant worm.
(b) Bottomless.
(c) A deep river.
(d) Unnavigable.

9. While Gordon Way drives his car and leaves a lengthy phone message for Susan, what does he hear?
(a) An explosion to the west.
(b) A huge jet flying overhead.
(c) A noise coming from the car trunk.
(d) A loud siren all around him.

10. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, he notices that:
(a) There are no cars parked in front of the house.
(b) There are no scratch marks from the horse's hooves by the front door.
(c) There is a pile of hay on the front porch.
(d) There is a second identical horse standing by the front door.

11. Why does Dirk offer Richard his services as a detective?
(a) Richard's cat has been missing since Easter.
(b) Police suspect Richard of stealing a horse.
(c) Police suspect Richard of being involved in Gordon's murder.
(d) Richard is afraid Susan is seeing Michael behind his back.

12. Why does Richard start to fall asleep at the dinner in Chapter 6?
(a) He's eaten too much.
(b) The professor has hypnotized him.
(c) Harp music is playing.
(d) A reader is reciting a poem.

13. 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) Snow starts to fall.
(b) The world turns purple.
(c) He finds the door.
(d) His horse disappears.

14. After Gordon dies and looks at his body, what upsets him?
(a) The stupid expression on his face.
(b) The big hole in his chest.
(c) His jewelry is missing.
(d) His clothes don't match.

15. In Chapter 13, who breaks into someone's apartment?
(a) Richard.
(b) Susan.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Reg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gordon Way related to Susan, the cellist?

2. When a dead Gordon realizes that the phone line is still open and connected to his sister's answering machine, what does he do?

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

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

5. At the start of Chapter 3, what is Susan Way waiting for?

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