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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. Which character has something odd about him or her, like they are missing something?
(a) Trillian
(b) Ford
(c) Arthur
(d) Zaphod

2. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
(a) Don't Panic
(b) Front Cover
(c) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(d) This End Up

3. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
(a) Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes
(b) Magazines
(c) A towel
(d) Scripts for plays

4. How does Arthur save the ship?
(a) He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.
(b) He maneuvers the ship so that the missiles collide with an asteroid.
(c) He turns on the Improbability Drive.
(d) He never really figures out exactly how he did it.

5. What fantastic new industry was created?
(a) Customer service
(b) Custom starships
(c) Custom constellations
(d) Custom planets

Short Answer Questions

1. What was life in the former Galactic Empire largely free of?

2. What does the computer do as the missiles approach?

3. What does Zaphod Beeblebrox do to the Heart of Gold?

4. What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?

5. What is Marvin's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marvin's problem?

2. What is Arthur angry about? What does he do?

3. Why does the computer say that most people's lives are governed by telephone numbers?

4. What does the Nutri-Matic drink machine do?

5. What went through the mind of the bowl of petunias? Why do you think this is?

6. Who is Zaphod Beeblebrox?

7. Where do Ford and Arthur find themselves immediately after being rescued? What is happening, and why?

8. Why are towels so important?

9. Why are the events of the next chapter given away in advance? What is withheld?

10. What is the interior of the Starship Heart of Gold like?

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