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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the glowing object that is stuck on primordial Earth?
(a) Crystalizes.
(b) Freezes.
(c) Time travels.
(d) Explodes.

2. Who founded WayForward Technologies?
(a) Dirk Gently.
(b) Gordon Way.
(c) Susan Way.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Reg prepares tea for Richard, he ends up spilling it all over the floor. What causes him to do this?

2. In Chapter 12, after Richard swerves wildly, slams on the brakes, and skids to a stop, he finds himself on the road:

3. The Electric Monk is:

4. What happens when Richard scans Susan Way's answering machine tape in search of his own message?

5. After Gordon dies and looks at his body, what upsets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Richard bring Susan to the French restaurant, L'Esprit d'Escalier?

2. When Susan enters her apartment and finds Richard there, what does she do?

3. How does Gordon Way, founder of WayForward Technologies, flesh out his numerous business ideas?

4. Why and how does Reg entertain Sarah, a bored little girl attending the Coleridge dinner?

5. Explain what happens after Gordon's ghost arrives at his cottage.

6. What does Richard see the first time that he goes to Dirk's agency?

7. As Chapter 4 opens, two men are walking towards a dinner on campus honoring Samuel T. Coleridge. Who are these two men?

8. Within the context of breaking into Susan's apartment, explain why Richard appears to be someone who makes poor choices.

9. Explain why Gordon is upset after he dies.

10. How does Richard explain to himself the vision he gets of Gordon Way standing in the middle of the road?

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