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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. How does Reg amuse a little girl named Sarah who is bored at the dinner party in Chapter 4?
(a) Singing silly songs.
(b) Juggling five fruits at the same time.
(c) Making things disappear and reappear.
(d) Doing mathematical tricks.

2. Richard writes Anthem, a financial spreadsheet that translates business financial numbers, into what?
(a) Colors.
(b) Health predictions.
(c) Music.
(d) Plain English.

3. In Chapter 12, after Richard goes home and pours himself a brandy, the author says there are three reasons he starts to shake, including what?
(a) The look in the monk's eyes.
(b) The apparition of Gordon.
(c) The UFO.
(d) The appearance of the time machine.

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

5. In Chapter 13, who breaks into someone's apartment?
(a) Susan.
(b) Richard.
(c) Dirk.
(d) Reg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Richard do right after Reg explains there's a horse in the upstairs bathroom?

3. How does Dirk Cjelli make a name for himself while he's in college?

4. As Gordon heads towards his cabin, he's disappointed that as a ghost, he can't do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Richard do before working for WayForward Technologies?

2. After forgetting to take Susan to the Coleridge dinner, how does Richard make things worse with her?

3. What belief system does the Electric Monk subscribe to after he starts doubting that the valley before him is pink?

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

5. What types of phone conversations does Dirk have at his detective agency?

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

7. Why does Dirk Gently get kicked out of college?

8. When Richard leaves Reg's place after seeing a horse in the bathroom, what surprises him about the front door landing?

9. What happens when Gordon Way gets out of his car to check his trunk?

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

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