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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Hitch a ride.
(b) Drink chai tea.
(c) Teleport automatically.
(d) Sprout wings and fly.

2. Why does Richard MacDuff dislike Michael Wenton-Weakes?
(a) Michael dumped Richard's sister.
(b) He is wealthy and feels sorry for himself.
(c) He is arrogant and has no conscience.
(d) Michael got Richard fired.

3. How does the horse regard the Electric Monk that rides it?
(a) It admires and respects the rider greatly.
(b) It feels it is infinitely smarter and more attractive than the rider.
(c) It is eager to follow the rider's orders.
(d) It is tired of putting up with the rider's silly situations.

4. What is the relationship between Richard MacDuff and private investigator Dirk Gently?
(a) Richard is Dirk's old college friend.
(b) Richard is Dirk's long-lost twin brother.
(c) Richard is Dirk's robot assistant.
(d) Richard is Dirk's hundred-year-old mentor.

5. Dirk is arrested and thrown out of college for:
(a) Being too smart.
(b) Ridiculing the dean.
(c) Stealing food.
(d) Cheating during finals.

6. What does Richard do after taking the tape out of Susan Way's answering machine?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Throws it out the window.
(c) Puts it back in.
(d) Puts it in his pocket.

7. Richard accuses Dirk of doing what?
(a) Incorrectly reprogramming Electric Monks.
(b) Changing his name to avoid paying taxes.
(c) Killing Gordon and stealing the body.
(d) Running a scam and stealing old ladies' money.

8. What does the roaming alien ghost who is driven mad with guilt and loneliness want?
(a) To jump into another dimension where his friends are.
(b) A meeting with the president of the universe.
(c) To go back in time to correct a mistake he made.
(d) A date with the female of his dreams.

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

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

11. In college, why do fellow students start to wine and dine Dirk?
(a) They need his help in solving crime cases.
(b) They enjoy his company.
(c) To learn more about future exams.
(d) To keep him from doing well in his classes.

12. The author opens Chapter 7 indicating that Gordon Way is not aware that this day is to be what?
(a) Filled with angry phone calls.
(b) The shortest of the year.
(c) Filled with unusual weather.
(d) The last of his life.

13. When Susan listens to her answering machine tape and hears Gordon's rambling message, what does she do?
(a) Wonders who switched tapes on her.
(b) Panics because Gordon seems to be in trouble.
(c) Cuts the message short and gives the tape to Richard.
(d) Laughs at her brother's crazy antics.

14. At the dinner in Chapter 4, why does Sarah pass around a pot she found in Greece?
(a) She wants someone to translate the strange writing inside.
(b) She's secretly sending a message to Richard.
(c) She wants to know if it's worth anything.
(d) She's collecting money for a Greek school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Electric Monk?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 3, why is Susan Way angry with her boyfriend?

4. When a client calls Dirk to complain about charges, Dirk writes a note to Richard asking him to go get what?

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

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