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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 when Richard scans Susan Way's answering machine tape in search of his own message?
(a) The doorbell rings.
(b) The TV turns on.
(c) The teapot whistles.
(d) The phone rings.

2. At the end of Chapter 17, what happens as the horse relishes its newfound freedom?
(a) It finds itself in another small bathroom.
(b) The Electric Monk lands on its back.
(c) It meets three mysterious horses.
(d) The Electronic Monk brings it hay.

3. Who tells Richard that Gordon was murdered?
(a) Reg.
(b) Michael.
(c) Susan.
(d) Dirk.

4. When Richard wakes up at the start of Chapter 16, he decides to make it up to Susan by doing what?
(a) Buying her an expensive computer.
(b) Taking her on an expensive cruise.
(c) Buying her expensive jewelry.
(d) Taking her to an expensive restaurant.

5. When he was living, what did the alien ghost driven to madness hope to accomplish on Earth?
(a) Meet the smartest human on the planet.
(b) Establish a utopian paradise.
(c) Change the value of pi.
(d) Open an etiquette school.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Richard drives and leaves a lengthy message of apology on Susan's answering machine, he swerves because he sees what?

2. As a light rain falls on primordial Earth, what is stuck as a river of mud flows past it?

3. At first, Dirk Gently wants to help the roaming alien ghost using what?

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

5. The author notes that even though a rider may sit on a horse all day long and not think about the creature, the one being sat upon:

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Dirk toys with Richard after spotting him breaking into an apartment.

2. Describe the range of emotions Susan experiences in Chapter 3.

3. Why does Richard dislike Michael Wenton-Weakes?

4. Why does the little girl, Sarah, pass around a pot at the Coleridge dinner?

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

6. Describe the mysterious tower the author writes about as the book opens.

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

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

9. What does Gordon Way do on the last day of his life?

10. By the end of the first chapter, what appears to have happened to the tower?

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