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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds Tricia to tell her she has a screen test for the job she wants?
(a) A chauffeur.
(b) A gaffer.
(c) A secretary.
(d) A production assistant.

2. What is the climate of NowWhat like?
(a) Snowy and icy.
(b) Warm and sunny.
(c) Hot and sticky.
(d) Cold and wet.

3. What told Tricia that the man she met at the party was definitely from another planet?
(a) He had a tongue like a lizard.
(b) He had a tail.
(c) He was purple and gold.
(d) He had two heads.

4. How does Arthur make money to move to a new planet?
(a) He sells his watch.
(b) He sells his DNA.
(c) He gives haircuts.
(d) He sells his shoes.

5. Why does Tricia say she is in television?
(a) Because nothing is real.
(b) Because that's where the money is.
(c) Because television is the future.
(d) Because it keeps her mind blank.

6. What is the one ambition of the individuals on the planet NowWhat?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To make money.
(c) To leave.
(d) To gain power.

7. What does the second prayer the prophet gives Arthur ask to protect him from?
(a) His desires.
(b) Himself.
(c) The first prayer.
(d) False prophets.

8. What comment does Arthur make to the people of his new planet that they don't understand?
(a) Good evening.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Good luck.
(d) I'm sorry.

9. According to the Guide, are parallel universes parallel, and are they universes?
(a) They are not parallel, but they are universes.
(b) They are not universes, but they are parallel.
(c) Yes, they are parallel and they are universes.
(d) No, they are neither parallel nor universes.

10. What does Ford use to open the window?
(a) A pen knife.
(b) A towel.
(c) A credit card.
(d) A hammer.

11. What does Eric promise Tricia he will take a look at?
(a) The trees by the driveway.
(b) The gate to the garden.
(c) The lock on the shed.
(d) The lawn mower.

12. What causes the prophet to begin speaking in tongues?
(a) He gets bitten by a dog.
(b) He gets struck by lightning.
(c) He gets stung by a bee.
(d) He hits his thumb with a hammer.

13. How high are the poles in the village of poles that Arthur goes to?
(a) Twenty or thirty feet.
(b) Over a hundred feet.
(c) Fifty or sixty feet.
(d) Eighty or ninety feet.

14. What do the aliens enjoy monitoring?
(a) Action movies.
(b) Game shows.
(c) Talk shows.
(d) The Marx brothers.

15. What is the virtual reality that Ford goes into?
(a) A recreation of the Guide's history.
(b) A metaphorical simulation of the Guide's total content.
(c) A multidimensional representation of the Guide's place in the universes.
(d) A topographical model of the Guide's finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford's new editor give him?

2. What does Tricia think monitoring Earth must be like?

3. How long does Tricia think she'll be able to stay standing up, as she talks to her gardener?

4. What do the aliens tell Tricia when she asks their names?

5. What is Ford's rule about drinking?

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