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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. 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?
(a) Guessing why horses mysteriously end up in bathrooms.
(b) Finding a pattern in the holistic interconnectedness of all things.
(c) Tracking down and reprogramming Electronic Monks.
(d) Comparing fingerprints and footprints to find similarities between cases.
2. In Dirk's office, he and Richard talk about Schrodinger's Cat, which is what?
(a) An illustration of probabilities at the quantum level.
(b) A French restaurant Gordon frequents.
(c) A collage made of discarded computer parts.
(d) A cat cloned three hundred fifty-two times.
3. What kind of car does Richard MacDuff drive?
(a) Silver Ferrari.
(b) Black Saab.
(c) Red Camaro.
(d) Blue Audi.
4. At first, Dirk Gently wants to help the roaming alien ghost using what?
(a) Laser.
(b) Time machine.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Submarine.
5. How does Reg amuse a little girl named Sarah who is bored at the dinner party in Chapter 4?
(a) Juggling five fruits at the same time.
(b) Making things disappear and reappear.
(c) Doing mathematical tricks.
(d) Singing silly songs.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 12, as a lost Richard drives down the road trying to read his maps, he's also trying to place a phone call with whom?
2. After a dead Gordon decides to try to get to his cabin, what does he notice about his body?
3. When the Coleridge dinner finally ends, where does Richard MacDuff go?
4. When the little girl at the dinner party in Chapter 4 grows restless and kicks the table, what does her father do?
5. In Chapter 12, after Richard swerves wildly, slams on the brakes, and skids to a stop, he finds himself on the road:
Short Essay Questions
1. After forgetting to take Susan to the Coleridge dinner, how does Richard make things worse with her?
2. Dirk Gently doesn't appear in earnest until about a third of the way into the story. Is he the main character, or is someone else the main character of the story?
3. Within the context of breaking into Susan's apartment, explain why Richard appears to be someone who makes poor choices.
4. What does Richard see the first time that he goes to Dirk's agency?
5. Explain why Gordon is upset after he dies.
6. How does Richard locate Dirk Gently's detective agency?
7. Why and how does Reg entertain Sarah, a bored little girl attending the Coleridge dinner?
8. Describe the range of emotions Susan experiences in Chapter 3.
9. What happens when Gordon Way gets out of his car to check his trunk?
10. How does Richard discover that his boss, Gordon, has been murdered?
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