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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ford find that has replaced the piece of furniture for which he aimed?
(a) A table filled with bottles.
(b) A small tank.
(c) A security robot.
(d) A fax machine.

2. 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.

3. What gets hit when Ford ducks to avoid the armored man's weapon?
(a) The editor.
(b) Another one of the armored men.
(c) The window.
(d) The desk.

4. What is the reason for the changes in the Hitch Hiker's Guide offices?
(a) A new PR agency.
(b) A recent tax audit.
(c) A new ad campaign.
(d) New management.

5. After what type of animal does Ford name the security robot?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bird.

6. What happens as a result of this collision with the Earth?
(a) A plant in Essex grows an extra leaf.
(b) A stream in Wales is rerouted.
(c) A tree in Yorkshire grows at a slant.
(d) A rock in Middlesex falls down a hill.

7. What does Tricia find on her lawn?
(a) Unexplained marks.
(b) Odd metal parts.
(c) A note.
(d) A suitcase.

8. Where do the aliens say they live?
(a) In orbit.
(b) Rupert.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Pluto.

9. When, according to Chapter 3, did all known gods come into existence?
(a) A week and a half before the universe began.
(b) Two to six weeks after the universe began.
(c) Three millionths of a second after the universe began.
(d) At the exact moment the universe began.

10. What caused the aliens to come get Tricia?
(a) Her previous experience with an alien.
(b) Her audition for the New York show.
(c) Her British accent.
(d) Her interview with the astrologer.

11. What does Artur's bellhop look like?
(a) Weak and prissy.
(b) Fat and disheveled.
(c) Tall and skinny.
(d) Short and dirty.

12. What club did Tricia go to in New York that she wants to tell someone about?
(a) Omega.
(b) Alpha.
(c) Theta.
(d) Beta.

13. The old lady in the cave wants Arthur's help with __________.
(a) A blocked chimney.
(b) A washing machine.
(c) A photocopier.
(d) A motorcycle.

14. What does Tricia think monitoring Earth must be like?
(a) Fascinating.
(b) Tiring.
(c) Overwhelming.
(d) Boring.

15. What number does the computer's big mental block seem to have something to do with?
(a) 21.
(b) 42.
(c) 38.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Eric blame for what Tricia finds on her lawn when she returns?

2. How does Arthur make money to move to a new planet?

3. Who has paid for Tricia's trip?

4. How long are the books on the alien world where Arthur settles?

5. What is the official name of the new planet have astronomers recently found?

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