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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the final message from the dolphins?
(a) "Until we meet again."
(b) "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
(c) "We hope you enjoyed the show."
(d) "See you later, thanks for coming."

2. What planet are the cops from?
(a) Blagulon Kappa
(b) Esflovian
(c) Voondon
(d) Allosimanius Syneca

3. How many times can a galactic civilization grow from a single worm in ten million years?
(a) Three times
(b) Five times
(c) Umpteen times
(d) Once or twice

4. What was the only thing dolphins did?
(a) Play in the water while having a good time
(b) Eat a lot of fish
(c) Do tricks and sing
(d) Sleep

5. What happened to the dolphins when the Vogons arrived?
(a) They left by their own means.
(b) They died along with the humans.
(c) No one is entirely sure.
(d) They negotiated with the Vogons and were taken away.

6. What will the new computer be called?
(a) The sun
(b) The Earth
(c) Venus
(d) Mars

7. What would Slartibartfast rather be than right?
(a) Respected
(b) Happy
(c) Wealthy
(d) Young

8. How does Arthur describe Slartibartfast's story?
(a) Salutary
(b) Salubrious
(c) Salient
(d) Subtle

9. What will the New Earth not be?
(a) Paid for by mice
(b) Destroyed by Vogons
(c) The same
(d) Finished

10. What is Arthur having trouble with?
(a) His lifestyle
(b) His eyesight
(c) His thinking
(d) His weight

11. Where do Arthur and the others escape to?
(a) A wormhole
(b) A computer bay
(c) An empty office
(d) A spacecraft

12. What is Zaphod Beeblebrox drinking?
(a) Sparkling wate
(b) Purple stuff
(c) Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters.
(d) Gin and tonic

13. What is the name of the supercomputer?
(a) The Googleplex Starthinker
(b) The Pondermatic
(c) Deep Thought
(d) The Milliard Gargantubrain

14. What happened to the life-support systems in the cops' backpacks?
(a) They blew up.
(b) They went on strike.
(c) They backfired.
(d) They ran out of batteries.

15. What does Arthur almost run into at the end of the chapter?
(a) A pack of ghosts
(b) The whale carcass
(c) Marvin
(d) An old man

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the aircar travel through to get to the surface of Magrathea?

2. What do the mice agree should be the ultimate question?

3. What is still unfinished on the New Earth?

4. What is Zaphod good at?

5. Where did Veet Voojagig go to school?

(see the answer keys)

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