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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ford Prefect?
(a) A drunk
(b) A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(c) Arthur Dent's friend
(d) All of the above

2. What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He thinks of it as a necessary evil.
(c) He loathes it.
(d) He does not think about it much at all.

3. What was the home of this new industry?
(a) Earth
(b) Alpha Centauri
(c) Magrathea
(d) Sector ZZ9, plural Z Alpha

4. What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
(a) Zarkingly great energy
(b) Excited enthusiasm
(c) Appalling nonchalance
(d) Orgiastic boredom

5. What happens to Ford and Arthur?
(a) They are sucked into the gravitational pull of a nearby planet.
(b) They find a way back into the ship.
(c) They are rescued.
(d) They die in deep space.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the planet Damogran home to?

2. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?

3. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?

4. What does the Guide say about the Earth?

5. Where does Arthur Dent work?

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