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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. Why do parents tell their children about the legend of Magrathea?
(a) They want them to grow up to become economists.
(b) They want them to grow up to become psychologists.
(c) They want them to grow up to become physical therapists.
(d) They want them to grow up to become sociologists.

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

3. What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Pink
(d) Yellow

4. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?
(a) As long as you can hold your breath
(b) Thirty seconds
(c) Five seconds
(d) A minute

5. What is the name of the shipboard computer?
(a) Eddie
(b) Homer
(c) Gary
(d) Larry

Short Answer Questions

1. What will die in the next chapter?

2. Where were Ford and Arthur picked up?

3. How does Arthur save the ship?

4. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?

5. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the chances of being picked up in space?

2. What is the significance of the babel fish?

3. What were the circumstances of how Arthur and Zaphod originally met?

4. How do the characters react to seeing the planet Magrathea? What do they think of its legend?

5. Why does Ford have trouble sleeping?

6. Why are towels so important?

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

8. How does Ford Prefect manage to get Arthur to stop lying in front of the bulldozers?

9. Why does Trillian have trouble sleeping?

10. What is the problem with Zaphod's brain?

(see the answer keys)

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