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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. What destroyed the combined Vl'Hurg and G'Gugvuntt fleet?
(a) A black hole
(b) A ghastly mistake
(c) A small dog
(d) A horribly beweaponed battelcruiser

2. What speed does the aircar travel at?
(a) R17
(b) 1000m/hr
(c) Warp 5
(d) 10 lightyears/hr

3. What is the strange irritating light not?
(a) Ultraviolet
(b) Infinity
(c) An alien spotlight
(d) All of the above

4. Why does the gunfire stop?
(a) The cops die.
(b) The guns disappear into thin air.
(c) The cops run out of ammunition.
(d) The cops decide to befriend the characters.

5. What does the old man unsuccessfully try to do to Arthur?
(a) Kill him
(b) Threaten him
(c) Escape from him
(d) Sedate him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur almost run into at the end of the chapter?

2. Who will see the characters at the end of the chapter?

3. How long will it take Deep Thought to figure out the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

4. What did the most intelligent species on Earth do with their time?

5. What is Arthur having trouble with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the mice believe the Ultimate Question they made up will sound plausable to the general public?

2. Describe the scene that Arthur sees through the Sens-O-Tape.

3. What do you think Deep Thought's answer means?

4. Why did Zaphod alter his own brain?

5. How do Phouchg and Loonquawl react to Deep Thought's answer?

6. Did the dolphins leave mankind to its fate, or try to help?

7. What have the inhabitants of Magrathea been doing all this time? Why?

8. Why do you think the mice and the Magratheans are going to so much trouble to make the Earth seem like a real planet?

9. How does the author create suspense in this chapter?

10. What do you think the meaning of life is? Is there only one answer?

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