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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Reg's memory is starting to fade, but he's still good at what?
(a) Magic tricks.
(b) Shakespeare recitations.
(c) Number recall.
(d) Fruit juggling.

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

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

5. At the start of Chapter 13, someone scans the sky with his binoculars and spots something that appears to be what?
(a) Secret parachute landing.
(b) Amateur burglar attempt.
(c) Alien spaceship.
(d) Shooting star.

6. Gordon's ghost wakes up from his fainting spell by the sound of what?
(a) His radio alarm blaring.
(b) A mouse gnawing on bread crumbs.
(c) His gas cooker exploding.
(d) A knock on the door.

7. In Chapter 13, who is the person spying with the binoculars?
(a) Dirk.
(b) Susan.
(c) Reg.
(d) Richard.

8. When a dead Gordon realizes that the phone line is still open and connected to his sister's answering machine, what does he do?
(a) Tries to talk into the phone.
(b) Hangs up so the killer doesn't find her.
(c) Tosses the phone over the cliff.
(d) Taps "SOS" in code.

9. At the opening of Chapter 4, Richard MacDuff is walking across the campus of St. Cedd's with whom?
(a) Cellist Susan Way.
(b) Detective Svlad Cjelli.
(c) CEO Gordon Way.
(d) Professor Urban Chronotis.

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

11. As Gordon heads towards his cabin, he's disappointed that as a ghost, he can't do what?
(a) Pass through walls.
(b) Leave this town.
(c) Float or drift.
(d) Wail or moan.

12. What does Richard do right after Reg explains there's a horse in the upstairs bathroom?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Calls his attorney.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Tackles him.

13. With whom does Richard MacDuff walk to a dinner in Chapter 4?
(a) His former college tutor.
(b) His former employer.
(c) His friend's ex-girlfriend.
(d) His half-brother.

14. How old is the alien ghost that roams Earth filled with guilt and loneliness?
(a) Ninety-nine billion eight hundred million nine hundred thousand.
(b) Three years.
(c) Dozens of days.
(d) Millions of years.

15. As the Electric Monk continues to stare at the presumed pinkness of the valley below him, what comes to his mind?
(a) Fear that he will never move again.
(b) The recollection that he hasn't eaten in months.
(c) Doubt regarding its pinkness.
(d) The idea that pink is a pretty color.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the little girl at the dinner party in Chapter 4 grows restless and kicks the table, what does her father do?

3. What happens as the Electric Monk wonders what to do about Gordon, about his own missing horse, and about his belief systems?

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

5. What does Kate Anselm, a programmer, tell Richard when she calls him as he's hunting for Dirk Gently's phone number?

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