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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?
(a) Time warp.
(b) He's startled by a noise.
(c) His hands fell asleep.
(d) Poltergeist.

2. As the Electric Monk looks across a vast valley, he begins to imagine that he'll find a door here leading to where?
(a) The factory where he was made.
(b) A distant world.
(c) The inside of the moon.
(d) A fast-food restaurant.

3. At the start of Chapter 3, what is Susan Way waiting for?
(a) Pizza delivery.
(b) Pay raise or promotion.
(c) Phone call or doorbell.
(d) Sign from above.

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

5. Reg explains to Richard that his position was created by King George the Third to answer what?
(a) Why things happen in sequence.
(b) Where to go for emergencies.
(c) Which came first, chickens or ostriches.
(d) How much tea one person can drink.

6. Why does the founder of WayForward Technologies like to call people and leave long, rambling messages on their answering machines?
(a) To think ideas through.
(b) To keep employees on their toes.
(c) To keep from feeling lonely.
(d) To get them to answer their phones.

7. What happens as the Electric Monk wonders what to do about Gordon, about his own missing horse, and about his belief systems?
(a) Gordon's ghost appears to him.
(b) Dirk finds him and tries to reprogram his circuits.
(c) Two men drop off his horse in the pasture.
(d) It begins to snow.

8. In Dirk's office, he and Richard talk about Schrodinger's Cat, which is what?
(a) A French restaurant Gordon frequents.
(b) An illustration of probabilities at the quantum level.
(c) A cat cloned three hundred fifty-two times.
(d) A collage made of discarded computer parts.

9. Michael Wenton-Weakes spends much of his time brooding over the loss of what?
(a) His mansion.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His magazine.

10. As a light rain falls on primordial Earth, what is stuck as a river of mud flows past it?
(a) Tower.
(b) Hat.
(c) Cannon.
(d) Elevator.

11. 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) His horse disappears.
(c) Snow starts to fall.
(d) He finds the door.

12. One of Dirk's roommates notices that he's reciting what while he sleeps?
(a) Songs written thousands of years ago.
(b) Ingredients of secret recipes.
(c) Phone numbers of everyone on campus.
(d) Questions on upcoming midterms.

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

14. In Chapter 3, Susan Way tells Michael to do what?
(a) Leave a package at the Brazil Club.
(b) Never call again.
(c) Meet her at the Tangiers Club.
(d) Pick up an olive pizza.

15. What kind of car does Richard MacDuff drive?
(a) Blue Audi.
(b) Black Saab.
(c) Red Camaro.
(d) Silver Ferrari.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he searches for a door in the valley, the Electric Monk is temporarily distracted by a what?

2. Who had told Richard about L'Esprit d'Escalier?

3. At the dinner in Chapter 4, why does Sarah pass around a pot she found in Greece?

4. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, he notices that:

5. In college, why do fellow students start to wine and dine Dirk?

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